Great picture details but definitely too educational.

Rating: Null/10 (10 April 2007)

It has been paid a lot of attention to the details in this film. This is the good part of the film.
On the other hand, the plot and the choice for the actors Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch and Ulrich Tukur could have been better. Not that the actors don't perform well. On the contrary, but there are nuances missing. For example there is too much self-conscious coming over in their figures ... this is definitely not the aspect you would have met in GDR.
The plot is O.K. We have to remember the dark sides of life in these states. Its also enough to remember about George Orwell.
The film has a much greater "educational" value ("the good and the bad") than an artistic one. It emphasizes too much the way the viewer should think about the situation once.
Overall nice work for a debut movie.