Gerd wiesler biography of mahatma

Well into week three of home isolation and the temptation to stop work and switch on the TV has never been stronger.

In a textbook case of self-justification, I flicked on The Lives of Others as, being in German, it made me feel pretentious enough to not to admit to watching TV during the daytime on a workday.  

The film, however, is brilliant and it is no surprise that it won best foreign language film at the 2007 Oscars, and has been credited as the best-ever German film.

The film is set in Communist East Germany (GDR).

Captain Gerd Wiesler (Ulrich Muhe) has been ordered to find something on playwright Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch), so he sets up a.

In Oh Boy, Gerster confronts the interconnectedness of past and present, critiques the state of cinema in post-Wall Germany, and is not afraid to laugh at.

“The Lives of Others” tells the story of Stasi agent Gerd Wiesler, tasked with spying on playwright Georg Dreymann.

The longer Gerd Wiesler, an employee of the dreaded Stasi, or secret police, listens to the conversations of the playwright whose apartment.

Above all, the ahistorical figure of Stasi captain Gerd Wiesler and the misleading social lives of the Stasi representatives.

The main character is a Stasi officer, Gerd Wiesler (Ulrich Mühe). He is noticeably more committed to the ideology of socialism than many of his colleagues trying to play party politics to climb the greasy bureaucratic pole.

Gerd is tasked by one such superior, to spy on playwright Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch), who is known for his loyalty to the party, and provide grounds for his arrest. The real aim of the mission is a favour