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Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck`s movie debut focuses on the horrifying,
sometimes unintentionally funny system of observation in the former East
Germany. In the early 1980s, the successful dramatist Georg Dreyman and
his longtime companion Christa-Maria Sieland, a popular actress, are big
intellectual stars in the socialist state, although they secretly don`t always
think loyal to 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...