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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>}} | {{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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| + | [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/ ''Das Leben der Anderen'' on IMDb] | ||
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[[category:movies]] | [[category:movies]] | ||
[[Category:German-language films]] | [[Category:German-language films]] | ||
Revision as of 21:35, January 3, 2010
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
| “ | 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[1] | ” |