Information: - Erich Fritz Emil Mielke (28 December 1907 21 May 2000) was a German communist official who served as head of the East German Ministry for State Security ("Ministerium fur Staatsicherheit"), better known as the Stasi, from 1957 until shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. - West Berlin was a city that existed in the period between the end of the Berlin Blockade on 12 May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990 as a political enclave surrounded by East Berlin and East Germany. It was east of the Inner German border and only accessible by land from West Germany by narrow rail and highway corridors. It consisted of the American, British, and French occupation sectors established in 1945 and shared economic, political, legal, and sporting systems with West Germany, but was not "de jure" part of it. It had a special and unique legal status because its administration was formally conducted by the Western Allies. East Berlin, "de jure" occupied and administered by the Soviet Union, was the "de facto" capital of East Germany. The Berlin Wall, built in 1961, physically divided East and West Berlin until it fell in 1989. - East Berlin existed between 1949 and 1990 and consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin established in 1945. The American, British, and French sectors became West Berlin, strongly associated with West Germany, while East Berlin was the "de facto" capital of East Germany. From 13 August 1961 until 9 November 1989, East Berlin was separated from West Berlin by the Berlin Wall. - The Socialist Unity Party of Germany, established in April 1946, was the governing MarxistLeninist political party of the German Democratic Republic from the country's foundation in October 1949 until it was dissolved after the Peaceful Revolution in 1989. - The European Film Awards have been presented annually since 1988 by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. The awards are given in over ten categories, of which the most important is the "Best Film". They are restricted to European cinema and European producers, directors, and actors. - The Baader Meinhof Complex is a 2008 German film by Uli Edel in his first directorial project since 2000's The Little Vampire. Written and produced by Bernd Eichinger, it stars Moritz Bleibtreu, Martina Gedeck, and Johanna Wokalek. The film is based on the 1985 German best selling non-fiction book of the same name by Stefan Aust. It retells the story of the early years of the West German far-left militant group the "Rote Armee Fraktion" (Red Army Fraction, or Red Army Faction, a.k.a. RAF) from 1967 to 1977. - Friedrich Hans Ulrich Muhe (20 June 1953 22 July 2007) was a German film, television and theatre actor. He played the role of Hauptmann (Captain) Gerd Wiesler in the Oscar-winning film "Das Leben der Anderen" ("The Lives of Others", 2006), for which he received the gold award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, at the "Deutscher Filmpreis" (German Film Awards); and the Best Actor Award at the 2006 European Film Awards. - The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany), starting on 13 August 1961, the Wall completely cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin until government officials opened it in November 1989. Its demolition officially began on 13 June 1990 and was completed in 1992. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, which circumscribed a wide area (later known as the "death strip") that contained anti-vehicle trenches, "fakir beds" and other defenses. The Eastern Bloc claimed that the Wall was erected to protect its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the "will of the people" in building a socialist state in East Germany. In practice, the Wall served to prevent the massive emigration and defection that had marked East Germany and the communist Eastern Bloc during the post-World War II period. - Ulrich Tukur (born Ulrich Gerhard Scheurlen; 29 July 1957) is a German actor and musician. - Secret police (sometimes called political police) are intelligence services or police and law enforcement agencies which operate in secrecy. Therefore, they have little to no transparency, accountability or oversight. A secret police organization is often used beyond the law by totalitarian states to protect the political power of an individual dictator or an authoritarian (autocratic) political regime. - The Lives of Others ( German : Das Leben der Anderen ) is a 2006 German drama film , marking the feature film debut of filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck , about the monitoring of East Berlin residents by agents of the Stasi , the GDR 's secret police . It stars Ulrich Muhe ( who died within a year of the film 's release ) as Stasi Captain Gerd Wiesler , Ulrich Tukur as his superior Anton Grubitz , Sebastian Koch as the playwright Georg Dreyman , and Martina Gedeck as Dreyman 's lover , a prominent actress named Christa - Maria Sieland . The film was released in Germany on 23 March 2006 . At the same time , the screenplay was published by Suhrkamp Verlag . The Lives of Others won the 2006 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film . The film had earlier won seven Deutscher Filmpreis awards -- including those for best film , best director , best screenplay , best actor , and best supporting actor -- after setting a new record with 11 nominations . It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Golden Globe Awards . The Lives of Others cost US $ 2 million and grossed more than US $ 77 million worldwide as of November 2007 . Released 17 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall marking the end of the East German socialist state , it was the first noticeable drama film about the subject after a series of comedies such as Goodbye , Lenin ! and Sonnenallee . This approach was widely applauded in Germany even as some criticized the humanization of Wiesler 's character . Many former East Germans were stunned by the factual accuracy of the film 's set and atmosphere , accurately portraying a state which merged with West Germany and ceased to exist 16 years prior to the release . The film 's authenticity was considered notable , given that the director grew up outside of East Germany and was only sixteen when the Berlin Wall fell . - East Germany, formally the German Democratic Republic or GDR, was an Eastern Bloc state during the Cold War period. From 1949 to 1990, it administered the region of Germany that was occupied by Soviet forces at the end of World War IIthe Soviet Occupation Zone of the Potsdam Agreement, bounded on the east by the OderNeisse line. The Soviet zone surrounded West Berlin, but did not include it; as a result, West Berlin remained outside the jurisdiction of the GDR. The German Democratic Republic was established in the Soviet Zone, while the Federal Republic was established in the three western zones. East Germany was a satellite state of the Soviet Union. Soviet occupation authorities began transferring administrative responsibility to German communist leaders in 1948, and the GDR began to function as a state on 7 October 1949. Soviet forces, however, remained in the country throughout the Cold War. Until 1989, the GDR was governed by the Socialist Unity Party (SED), though other parties nominally participated in its alliance organisation, the National Front of Democratic Germany. - An actor (or actress for females; see terminology) is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre, or in modern mediums such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is, literally "one who answers". The actor's interpretation of their role pertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art, or, more commonly; to act, is to create, a character in performance. - Florian Maria Georg Christian Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck (born 2 May 1973) is a German film director, best known for writing and directing the 2006 Oscar-winning film "The Lives of Others" and 2010's "The Tourist", starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. - West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG (or "RFA") in the period between its creation on 23 May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990. During this Cold War era, NATO-aligned West Germany and Warsaw Pact-aligned East Germany were divided by the Inner German border. After 1961 West Berlin was physically separated from East Berlin as well as from East Germany by the Berlin Wall. This situation ended when East Germany was dissolved and its five states joined the ten states of the Federal Republic of Germany along with the reunified city-state of Berlin. With the reunification of West and East Germany, the Federal Republic of Germany, enlarged now to sixteen states, became known simply as "Germany". This period is also referred to as the Bonn Republic ("Bonner Republik") by historians, alluding to the interwar Weimar Republic and the post-reunification Berlin Republic. - Steven Allan Spielberg, , (born December 18, 1946) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era, as well as being viewed as one of the most popular directors and producers in film history. He is also one of the co-founders of DreamWorks Studios. - Berlin is the capital and the largest city of Germany as well as one of its constituent 16 states. With a population of approximately 3.5 million people, Berlin is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union. Located in northeastern Germany on the banks of rivers Spree and Havel, it is the centre of the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, which has about 6 million residents from more than 180 nations. Due to its location in the European Plain, Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. Around one-third of the city's area is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers and lakes. - The Ministry for State Security, commonly known as the Stasi (abbreviation German: Staatssicherheit, literally State Security), also State Security Service (German Staatssicherheitsdienst, SSD), was the official state security service of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) ("Deutsche Demokratische Republik", "DDR"), colloquially known as East Germany. It has been described as one of the most effective and repressive intelligence and secret police agencies to have ever existed. The Stasi was headquartered in East Berlin, with an extensive complex in Berlin-Lichtenberg and several smaller facilities throughout the city. The Stasi motto was ""Schild und Schwert der Partei"" (Shield and Sword of the Party), referring to the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany (German: "Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands", SED). Erich Mielke was its longest-serving chief, in power for thirty-two of the GDR's forty years of existence. - The Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Awards, also called Lola Awards) is an annual German awards ceremony honouring cinematic achievements in the German film business. It is the most important German movie award and the most highly endowed German cultural award with cash prizes totalling about three million euros. - Martina Gedeck (born 14 September 1961) is a German actress. She came to broader, international attention due to her roles in films such as "Mostly Martha" (2001), "The Lives of Others" (2006), and "The Baader Meinhof Complex" (2008). She has won numerous awards, including the Deutscher Filmpreis in 1997 for Supporting Actress in "Life is All You Get", and in 2002 for Actress in "Mostly Martha". - A film director is a person who directs the making of a film. Generally, a film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, and visualizes the script while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design, and the creative aspects of filmmaking. Under European Union law, the director is viewed as the author of the film. - Sebastian Koch (born 31 May 1962) is a German television and film actor. He is known for roles in the 2007 Academy Award winning film "The Lives of Others", in Steven Spielbergs "Bridge of Spies" and as Otto During in the fifth season of the Showtime series "Homeland". - John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer, and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor. He rose to prominence on the 1980s television series "21 Jump Street", becoming a teen idol. - Angelina Jolie Pitt (; nee Voight; born June 4, 1975) is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and has been cited as Hollywood's highest-paid actress. Jolie made her screen debut as a child alongside her father, Jon Voight, in "Lookin' to Get Out" (1982). Her film career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production "Cyborg 2" (1993), followed by her first leading role in a major film, "Hackers" (1995). She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical cable films "George Wallace" (1997) and "Gia" (1998), and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama "Girl, Interrupted" (1999). Given the information, choose the subject and object entities that have the relation of 'main subject'.
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the lives of others , cold war