Wednesday, February 12, 2014

DOUBLE FEATURE: East Germany through the Looking Glass

Wolfgang Becker's Good Bye Lenin ! (Germany, 2003) - A young man, Daniel Bruhl in star making performance, must hide the fact that East Germany has fallen from his mother because of her weak health in this great family drama. Premiered at 2003 Berlin Film Festival and nominated for ten 2003 German Film Award.
Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck's The Lives of Others (Germany, 2006) - Set in 1984 East Berlin, this flawlessly acted masterpiece about a love triangle between a Stasi agent and the subject of his surveillance, a writer and his girlfriend. Winner of 2007 Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film. Nominated for eleven 2006 German Film Award.

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