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Synopsis
WINNER: Oscar for Best Foreign Film 2006 In East Berlin, five years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Captain Gerd Wiesler (Ulrich Mühe) of the secret Stasi police is given the mission to spy on a celebrated writer and actress couple (Sebastian Koch, Martina Gedeck) for the German Democratic Republic. But Wiesler’s loyalty begins to erode as his immersion in “the lives of others,” in love, literature and freethinking, makes him acutely aware of the shortfalls of his own existence. Written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Winner of seven German Film Awards including Best Director and Outstanding Feature Film. Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film.
Film Information
- Genre: Drama | Thriller | Foreign
- Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Written By: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Starring: Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Thomas Thieme
- Running Time: 137 minutes, approx.
- MPAA Rating: R
- Language: English
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Reviews
"If there is any justice, this year's Academy Award for best foreign-language film will go to THE LIVES OF OTHERS, a movie about a world in which there is no justice."
- Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
"The easy, complacent distance that informs much historical filmmaking is almost entirely absent from this supremely intelligent, unfailingly honest movie."
- A.O. Scott, The New York Times
"Rather than dwell on the darkness and squalor, von Donnersmarck has fashioned a genuinely thrilling tale, leavened with sly humor, that works ingenious variations on the theme of cat and mouse, speaks to current concerns about personal privacy and illuminates the timeless conflict between totalitarianism and art."
- Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
"A thoroughly compelling political thriller, at once intellectually challenging and profoundly emotional."
- Claudia Puig, USA Today
"A tense and tightly plotted fictional thriller is based on real tactics used by the Stasi -- East Germany's secret police force -- to spy on and interrogate their own citizens."
- Ken Fox, TV Guide
Showtimes
- Wednesday, April 11th
6:30 pm, 9:30 pm - Thursday, April 12th
6:30 pm, 9:30 pm - Friday, April 13th
1:30 pm, 10:00 pm - Saturday, April 14th
4:30 pm, 7:30 pm - Sunday, April 15th
1:30 pm, 7:00 pm - Monday, April 16th
4:00 pm, 9:30 pm - Tuesday, April 17th
6:30 pm, 9:30 pm