The Lives of Others (2006)
Overview : In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the Stasi secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.
Release Date : March 23, 2006
Runtime : 137m
Companies : Creado Film, Wiedemann & Berg Film, ARTE, BR, Beta Film
Countries : France, Germany
Keywords : berlin, germany, government, corruption, espionage, germany, berlin wall, german democratic republic, cold war, blackmail, stasi, soviet union, freedom of speech, house search, artists' life, interrogation, surveillance, heartbreak, east germany, communism, corrupt agent, political corruption, political thriller, surveillance state, persecuted writer, systemic corruption, noble sacrifice, corrupt government