Thursday 12 March 2009

The Lives of Others

The Lives of Others *****

A surprisingly amusing and uplifting tale, against the dark backdrop of 1980s G.D.R. The delight in this narrative is the transformation of stony Stasi Wiesler, who becomes reformed at the realisation of life's pleasures after monitoring and spying on playwright Georg Dreyman. Wiesler delightfully begins to live his own life through Dreyman, with moving and gripping twists and turns; and a gratifying ending. A truly evocative film, that must be watched.

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