Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme
East Berlin, November 1984: Five years before its downfall, the former East-German government ensured its claim to power with a ruthless system of control and surveillance. Party-loyalist Captain Gerd...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 21, 2007
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January 8, 2010Sure it's "East Berlin" before the wall came down, but it's 1984!
Call me nieve but it really blew my mind that this type of thing was going on still at that late date. But I guess it's still going on (to some extent) in many countries.
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December 29, 2009The Lives Of Others is stunning! A film not to be missed, one of the best of 2006.
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October 1, 2009A fantastic film! Easily the best I?ve seen in a long time. Everything about this film is sublime, its perfect! The ending has to be in my top 10 best of all time. Highly recommended!
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May 31, 2009The greenish-hued images create the perfect mood for the film. The story is incredibly moving and the main cast is exceptional.
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February 7, 2010Otra pelicula en la que muestran como llegaban a la confesion en el interrogatorio por medio de la tortura fisica y psiquica. Hay otra pelicula tambien alemana pero el contexto no es en la RDA sino en el Tercer Reich en la que muestran la tortura del interrogatorio psiquica mas i...( read more)
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February 6, 2010The first hour is just painfully boring. This fact itself is a great downer for me. Nevertheless the second hour is ingenious.
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February 5, 2010Good political thriller. The Lives of Others highlights the ruthless system of control and surveillance done by the East-German government in the early 80's. The story was intelligent and cleverly scripted, with great great characters and a rewarding ending. I thought all of the ...( read more)
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January 22, 2010it was fuckin boring, i don't know why it has all that As ratings!! the story was ok thu.
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January 20, 2010fantastic film, fantastic ending, fantastic individual performance by ulrich muhe, absolutely deserved its oscar..
Critic Reviews
September 21, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
July 11, 2007
Armond White, The New York Press
How surprising that a new German film would teach Americans about human faith at a time when acclaimed movies like Borat lack faith. full review
March 2, 2007
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Its suspense builds on the fragile and nuanced business of emotional rebirth. full review
February 15, 2007
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
The exceptionally acted film, nominated for a foreign-language Oscar, is an incisive character study, a suspenseful paranoid thriller and a vivid recreation of recent history. full review
February 9, 2007
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
The Lives of Others is a supremely intelligent, unfailingly honest look at a shadowy period in recent German history.
February 5, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
A cunning piece of construction -- a Kafkaesque tearjerker, a tragic farce. full review
February 5, 2007
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
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. full review
January 25, 2007
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Von Donnersmarck has crafted the best kind of movie: one you can't get out of your head. full review
December 1, 2006
Pete Hammond, Maxim
A startling political thriller and the year's most urgent and important film, you owe it to yourself to see this beautifully written and directed movie. full review
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