One of the best movies I’ve seen in years
by Administrator
In the East Germany (GDR) of 1984 they apparently spied on everyone. A German police detective Gerd Wiesler, a keenly idealistic supporter of the communist regime, is assigned to spy on playwright Georg Dreyman, who, he is told, is suspected of Western sympathies. Stasi (German police) agents secretly enter Dreyman’s apartment in order to install small microphones in the light switches and electric sockets. Wiesler and his assistant Udo monitor the activity in the attic space above the apartment, typing a summary of activities for the record after each shift. As they watch the lives of their suspects unfold they are forced to reconsider everything they thought they knew about their beloved government.
Seriously, this is one of the best movies I’ve seen in years. At the 2007 Academy Awards it won Best Foreign Language Film winner.
Rent it!!
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