Movie & Discussion: The Lives of Ohters

On Wednesday 28th of January from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm in TAYLOR C11 (opposite to Taylor library entry) The LRS will screen a movie titled “The Lives of Others”.

After the film
we will have the opportunity to talk about the film and the issues it raises. Our honourable member Gerd Koehler from the former GDR ("Ossi") will share his first-hand insights into East German society and provide us with contemporary East German perspectives on the vanished country and its regime. Our "Wessi" German LRS president Paula Herm will moderate the discussion.

"The Lives of Others" is at once a political thriller and a human drama.
In the early 1980s, a successful dramatist and his long-time companion, a popular actress, are big intellectual stars in the socialist state, although they secretly don't always think loyal to the party line. One day, the Minister of Culture becomes interested in the woman, so a secret service agent is instructed to observe and sound out the couple, but their life fascinates him more and more...

The New York Times stated that in the “The Lives of Others” the suspense comes not only from the structure and pacing of the scenes, but also, more deeply, from the sense that even in an oppressive society, individuals are burdened with free will. You never know, from one moment to the next, what course any of the characters will choose.


The Lives of Others won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film had earlier won seven German Film awards – including best film, best director, best screenplay, best actor, and best supporting actor– after having set a new record with 11 nominations.


You are very welcome to come along and enjoy the movie and the refreshments.

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