An outstanding film, very well researched, very humanitarian

Rating: 10/10 (1 May 2007)

This is one of the outstanding films in the history of the film industry.
The young film director researched the facts very thoroughly and has used excellent actors. The performances of Sebastion Koch and Ruehe as the Stasi officer are outstanding.
The film pictures the sometimes very harsh reality of the old GDR truthfully (I had many dissident friends over there during the 60s and 70s and visited the country frequently) and at the same time with warms and and a deep humanitarian understanding of life.
The author and director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck can certainly be compared to the late Rainer Maria Fassbender, who died far too early and was - in my eyes - underrated internationally.
I am sure we can expect more grand films from this director.