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 s...