'The Lives of Others' feature and video interview

An extensive look at this year's Oscar-winning best foreign film.

Apr 13 2007

'The Lives of Others', a chilling tale of the actions of the Stasi in 1980s East Berlin, deservedly won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film earlier this year.

A dark account of life under East Germany's Communist regime, this slow-burning thriller grips from start to finish, and features two truly outstanding performances from Sebastian Koch and Ulrich Mühe.

To read Geoff Andrew's review, in which he claims that the movie 'succeeds both as an unusually convincing historical recreation and as an utterly compelling tale of individuals whose lives are shaped – tragically – by the society they live in', click here.

We've also got Wally Hammond's feature on the film, in which writer-director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck discusses the research that went into writing the script and the effects that the Oscar win has had on his career.

And to download Time Out and Picturehouse cinemas' video interview with the director, simply head here.

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