The Lives of Others 2006 Watch Free in HD

Before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's population was closely monitored by the State Secret Police. Gerd Wiesler, an agent of the Stasi, the East German Secret Police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

Genre:

Drama, Thriller

Actors:

Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Volkmar Kleinert, Matthias Brenner, Charly Hübner, Herbert Knaup, Bastian Trost, ...»

Director:

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Country:

Euro

Release:

2006

IMDb:

8.4

Quality:

Duration:

137 min

Houston Chronicle

Its suspense builds on the fragile and nuanced business of emotional rebirth.

March 02, 2007

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Metromix.com

A truly unforgettable movie.

June 24, 2008

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Daily Telegraph (UK)

Reopens our eyes to the cruelties and soul assassinations that were carried out daily in the name of state socialism.

September 26, 2014

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Orlando Sentinel

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's film is a melodrama in a minor key, quietly affecting, quietly chilling, quietly quiet. It captures the drab architecture of totalitarianism, the soul-dead buildings of a soul-dead state.

March 16, 2007

City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul

If the filmmaker commits a crime, it's in pushing the [Stasi] character's rehabilitation slightly too far--about as much as the weight of a teardrop.

August 24, 2009

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RogerEbert.com

Watch it, and you may get the feeling it's also watching you.

March 02, 2007

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Suite101.com

Activism proves tough on people who've thrived at their political patrons' blessings, and one character cruelly chooses a path of least resistance when the chips are down. A cataclysmic conclusion depicts political clamps on expression and emotion.

September 19, 2010

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Detroit News

A political thriller that's consistently as inventive as it is creepy.

March 02, 2007

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Detroit Free Press

Few would deny that The Lives of Others is true to its self, and in its depiction of human nature -- and human spirit.

March 02, 2007

Paste Magazine

Although Henckel von Donnersmarck has a number of genuinely good ideas ... the film is marred by redundancy, indecision and clumsiness.

June 09, 2008

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LarsenOnFilm

The scope is especially impressive given that the movie is about a society obsessively focused on the tiniest of details.

August 05, 2011

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Chicago Sun-Times

The Lives of Others is a powerful but quiet film, constructed of hidden thoughts and secret desires.

September 21, 2007

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