Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Release Date: 01/2007
Languages: German
Runtime: 138 minutes
Also Known as: Das Leben der Anderen
Description: Set in 1980s East Berlin, director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's debut feature (which earned an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film) provides an exquisitely nuanced portrait of life under the watchful eye of the state police. When a successful playwright and his actress companion become subjects of the Stasi's secret surveillance program, their friends, family -- and even those doing the watching -- find their lives forever changed.
