The Lives of Others

THE LIVES OF OTHERS
LIONSGATE UK
RELEASED 13 April 2007
‘The Lives of Others’ is a great character-based story (with subtitles). Both a political thriller and human drama, it’s set in East Berlin in 1984, five years before the fall of the Wall. Celebrated writer and actress couple, Georg (Sebastian Koch) and Christa-Maria (Martina Gedeck) are being spied on by Captain Gerd Wiesler (Ulrich Muhe) of the Stasi, East Germany’s all-powerful secret police. A?thoroughly engaging and uplifting two hours follow.
FIVE OUT OF FIVE