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Ulrich Mühe as Gerd Wiesler

The Lives of Others: Almost Complete Control

The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)

Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Cast: Ulrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Turkur, Thomas Thieme

(Sony Pictures Classics, 2006) Rated: R

US theatrical release date: 9 February 2007 (Limited release)

UK theatrical release date: 13 April 2007

Germany release date: 23 March 2006

[21 August 2007]

by Bill Gibron

Short Ends & Leader Editor

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Under the heavy, grey tread of Stasi control, made more brutal by the friends, family and neighbors recruited to spy on one another, Art, though trampled, will send out tendrils of subversive inspiration.

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There is one big mistake in this review. The main character (the writer) is not Paul Hauser - it is Georg Dreyman. Paul Hauser is his dissident friend.

Comment by John — August 31, 2007 @ 9:22 am

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