CCGES is pleased to present the highly-acclaimed, Oscar-winning film ’The Lives of Others’ (’Das Leben der Anderen’) as the next screening in the Centre’s film series.

Both a political thriller and human drama, ’The Lives of Others’ is set in the East Berlin of 1984, five years before Glasnost and the fall of the Berlin Wall, and ultimately takes us to 1991, in what is now the reunited Germany. The story traces the personal development of Captain Gerd Wiesler, a highly skilled officer in the Stasi, the state’s all-powerful secret police, and a “true believer” in the righteousness of the socialist cause. When he’s tasked with spying on a celebrated writer and actress couple accused, incorrectly he discovers, of disloyalty to the communist state, Wiesler suddenly finds himself confronted with thoughts and emotions which bring into question all he has believed.

This film is presented in German with English subtitles and as part of CCGES’ German Film Series. It will be introduced by Gabriele Mueller, a CCGES faculty affiliate and a professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

Time: 2:30-5:00 pm
Location: Nat Taylor Cinema, N102 Ross Building