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selenak

Das Leben der Anderen (film review)

Apr 20, 2006 10:52

After a long slump, German cinema isn't doing badly at all these last few years. Yesterday I watched what is easily the best film, no matter which language, I've seen in a while, "Das Leben der Anderen" (literary translated "The Life of the Others", though who knows what they're going to call it when it gets released abroad - and make no mistake, ( Read more... )

das leben der anderen, film review

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ion_bond April 20 2006, 11:59:27 UTC

Wow, thanks. I was concentrating so hard on understanding a film that wasn't in my Muttersprache that I didn't really understand some of the things you illuminate here.

Have you read Wolf Biermann's thoughts about it?

selenak April 20 2006, 12:24:57 UTC

In his Spiegel review? Yes, I've read them. The website for the film also links his song about the Stasi as inspiration.*g*

ion_bond April 20 2006, 15:31:11 UTC

I love that song. Heh.

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selenak April 20 2006, 12:26:18 UTC

I'm sure you'll like it, and hope it will be shown abroad soon!

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selenak March 13 2007, 05:56:46 UTC

Oh, I'm so happy you watched it, and yes, same here. My film of 2006, and as I said in the review, one of the most humane I ever saw.

astridv April 21 2006, 13:54:18 UTC

Klingt interessant. Danke für den Tip.

selenak April 21 2006, 14:46:53 UTC

Ein wirklich guter Film, das schwöre ich.

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selenak December 4 2008, 07:04:20 UTC

I'm really glad you appreciate this film so much. It has become one of my all time favourites. (As it turns out, it was also the last one Ulrich Mühe who plays Wiesler, who was one of our most highly regarded actors, shot; he already had cancer when it was made, which makes his performance a legacy.)

pseudo_tsuga February 15 2011, 05:01:43 UTC

I got this through Netflix and already watched it twice, and will probably watch it twice more before I send it back. I was struck by the clear way it depicts how sick systems work by enmeshing everyone in it, how individual actions can't change everything but if done in conjunction with others much can change. I also love how Sieland wasn't demonized for the decisions she made or was willing to make. So often in films about dictatorships, you only get people who are straightforwardly against the power and act heroically at all times; this was a refreshing change. I didn't think at all about how the events parallels the movie itself.

selenak February 15 2011, 06:03:59 UTC

It's still one of the best films in the last decade for me, and yes to all of this!