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.
In the early 1980s, Georg Dreyman (a successful dramatist) and his longtime companion Christa-Maria Sieland (a popular actress), were huge intellectual stars in (former) East Germany, although they secretly don't always toe the party line. One day, the Minister of Culture becomes interested in Christa, so the secret service agent Wiesler is instructed to observe and sound out the couple, but their life fascinates him more and more.
Written by fippi2000
The film set a record in 2006 for getting the most nominations (11) for the German Film Awards ever.
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Goofs
Continuity:
The font generated by Wiesler's typewriter is sans-serifed, whereas the font on the 'same' reports read by Dreyman towards the end of the movie is quite different, this time serifed.
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Quotes
[first lines]
Guard:
[subtitled version]
Stand still. Eyes to the floor.
[pause]
Guard:
Walk on. See more »