Photo of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Photo of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

“Directing means establishing one's own taste as the sole measure of everything. And not that of any school members or of some teacher or other. The very nature of the profession means that a director has to be an extreme loner.”

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    THE LIVES OF OTHERS

    FLORIAN HENCKEL VON DONNERSMARCK Germany, 2006

    Broodingly atmospheric and replete with sharply-manoeuvred twists, this noir-inflected thriller examines the machinations of the East German regime in forensic detail. Winner of the Best International Feature Oscar®, The Lives of Others lucidly evokes the insidious terror of the surveillance state.

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