At its height, East Germany's secret police-- the "Stasi"-- had a network of more than a quarter million agents and informants. In "The Lives of Others"-- Germany's Oscar-nominated film -- this surveillance state is viewed through an intensely intimate story of love, betrayal and redemption. Kojo speaks with the film's director and writer.
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2007-02-15/lives-others
"The Lives of Others"
Listen Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007 at 12:06 p.m. in Arts & CultureGuests
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
writer/director, The Lives of Others
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