Before the fall of the berlin wall, east germanys secret police listened to your secrets. The lives of others is about a stasi man who shows a little mercy. The listening task is very accessible and could easily be used as an overview of the main plot before viewing the film for the first time, but i made this resource to refresh the students knowledge of the film in year after they had spent time working on it at the end of. The lives of others, german film competes for the oscar for. The lives of others, german film competes for the oscar. Perhaps that is what the old communist east germany tended to be like but amazon star. Nov 25, 2019 two brief tasks a listening gapfill from a slow german clip and a reordering of a brief synopsis. The score was composed by gabriel yared and stephane moucha.
Outstanding feature film bester spielfilm quirin berg. The lives of others 2006 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The lives of others won the 2006 academy award for best foreign language film. Movies about humanity or people risking their lives to help. This powerpoint gives some basic facts and statistics about the gdr and the role of the stasi, before going on to summarize briefly the events in the film. Film study guide for asalevel german film by geoff brammall paperback. Two brief tasks a listening gapfill from a slow german clip and a reordering of a brief synopsis. The lives of others is about a stasi man who shows a. Gladziejewski, dirk hamm, max wiedemann, monika lobkowicz. Jul 02, 2009 this powerpoint gives some basic facts and statistics about the gdr and the role of the stasi, before going on to summarize briefly the events in the film. Wolf biermann, the most famous opponent to the regime who was exiled in 1974, acclaimed it a realistic portrait of gdr.
In the early 1980s, georg dreyman a successful dramatist and his longtime companion christamaria sieland a popular actress, were huge intellectual stars in former east germany, although. Partyloyalist captain gerd wiesler hopes to boost his career when given the job of collecting evidence against the playwright georg dreyman and his girlfriend, the celebrated theater actress christa. With ulrich muhe, martina gedeck, sebastian koch, ulrich tukur. You may have to click the subtitle button on your remote control to turn on english subtitles. Before the fall of the berlin wall, east germanys secret police listened to your secrets a tragic love story set in east berlin with the backdrop of an undercover stasi controlled culture. In 1984 east berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives. Ulrich muhe and sebastian koch star in this absorbing german thriller. This is followed by a diamond nine card sort in which students must discuss the themes and agree which are more important and which are less important. The listening task is very accessible and could easily be used as an overview of the main plot before viewing the film for the first time, but i made this resource to refresh the students knowledge of the film in year after they had spent time working on it at the end of year 12. The real reason i went to to find the screenplay, though, was. When autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play. It stars ulrich muhe as stasi captain gerd wiesler, ulrich tukur as his superior anton grubitz, sebastian koch as the.
The lives of others english subbed 1 of 2 german movie 1 0f 2 german movie by. Film study guide for asalevel german film and literature guides by geoff brammall kindle. Film study guide for asalevel german film and literature guides geoff brammall. The 2006 german drama film the lives of others german. Movies about humanity or people risking their lives to.
Dec 04, 2015 the 2006 german drama film the lives of others german. Ficha en allmovie en ingles ficha en boxofficemojo en ingles ficha en rottentomatoes en ingles. This movie begins with a frighteningly horrible sequence in which. Languages german advancedlevel literature and film. Gerd wiesler is an officer with the stasi, the east german secret police. This film is based on an interesting idea, but is too long, slow, visually drab and depressing. The lives of others english subbed 1 of 2german movie 1 0f 2 german movie by. The film opens in east berlin in 1984 with a sequence that alternates scenes from an interrogation with scenes from a training class for aspiring officers of the stasi, or secret police. In 1984 east berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by.
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