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2007 Festival programme.
The Lives Of Others
Sunday 18th February 8:00 PM - Theatre By The Lake
Director:F Henckel von Donnersmarck
Cert:15 Year: 2006 Length:137mins
Country:Germany Language:Subtitles
A Stasi agent in 1980s East Germany is ordered to spy on a prominent actress. Through the agent's moral crisis the first-time director explores the communist era - where the ex-wife of Ulrich Muhe, who plays the agent, really spied on him. The film swept the board at the 2006 German film awards, and provoked a wide debate about coming to terms with the past.
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