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'''The Life of Others''' (Original title: ''Das Leben der Anderen'') is a [[German]] movie from 2006, directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Following a couple of artists, the drama shows the cultural scene of East Berlin, where agents of the [[Stasi]] (''Staatssicherheit'', literally ''security of the state'', the secret service of the [[GDR]]) pervaded everyday life.
'''''The Lives of Others''''' (Original title: ''Das Leben der Anderen'' 2006) is an [[Oscar]]-winning drama directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Following a couple of artists, the drama shows the cultural scene of East Berlin in the 1980's, where agents of the [[Stasi]] (''Staatssicherheit'', literally ''security of the state'', the secret service of the [[GDR]]) pervaded everyday life. The high-profile artistic couple is being spied on by the Stasi, and the officer in charge finds himself drawn into their lives more than his own.
The movie won several international awards, including the 2007 [[Academy Award]] for ''Best Foreign Language Film''.
The movie won several international awards, including the 2007 [[Academy Award]] for ''Best Foreign Language Film''
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{{cquote|Whereas ''The Godfather'' is cited by many as the cinema’s finest depiction of a hardening of the human heart, ''The Lives of Others'' may well be one of the cinema’s finest depictions of the softening of the human heart<ref>[http://cellobiscuit.blogspot.com/2007/04/lives-of-others.html A Biscuit of Many Parts]</ref>}}
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