Best German movie of 2006

Rating: 10/10 (26 February 2007)

I've seen this movie for the first time last March when it was released here in Germany and from the first moment it stole my heart. Ulrich Muehe, the leading actor is just terrific and Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck did an amazing debut as a producer. I was born in the Eastern part of Germany, so many of the examination policies were familiar to me. I'm still shocked that a government could control it's population in such a kind of way. But this movie shows for the first time at least one employee of the East German police as a human kind of being although he still wants to fulfill his job. That's new and terrific. The end is also amazing. I'm so glad that this movie won an Oscar.