Average espionage documentation and too long

Rating: 5/10 (28 May 2007)

I heard from my friend and from the press that DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN is a must see. I am surprised that it had such a great success inclusive the Oscar for the best foreign language movie. The story hits no doubt a very important theme of nowadays that let even me a little bit shocked at the end. The running time therefore is too long and some scenes too slow paced that could have been cut. The sceneries and the atmosphere took me really back at the end of the eighties years. The actors especially Ulrich Mühe did a great job. For all these reasons I give with my wife a solid 5/10. I think it's too overrated on this site. If you liked it I recommend the other German documentation DER UNTERGANG that is much more thrilling and not so boring as THE LIVES OF THE OTHERS.