Movie Night: The Lives of Others (dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)

The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) is an Academy Award–winning thriller set in East Berlin in the 1980s, a few years before the fall of the Berlin Wall. It follows a disciplined and loyal Stasi officer assigned to surveil a celebrated playwright and his partner, a renowned actress. As he listens to their conversations, reads their mail, and documents their every move—the officer finds himself affected by their lives and their humanity. What begins as routine surveillance turns into longing, moral doubt and political awakening. Partly shot in Pankow and widely acclaimed for its authentic portrayal of life in the German Democratic Republic, the film is also an allegory of love and the possibility of redemption.

Reception will follow.

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Time: 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm CET/GMT+1

Location: Lecture Hall

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