Por el aniversario de la caída del muro de Berlín estoy volviendo a ver muchas películas alemanas. Aunque sólo han pasado dos años desde que la vi en el cine, ésta sigue siendo emocionante.
Stasi film breaks with nostalgia
By Ray Furlong
BBC correspondent in Berlin
The Life Of The Others
The film shows how the Stasi invaded people's privacy
A grown man is reduced to tears after 50 hours of relentless questioning by the East German secret police, the Stasi, as he finally breaks down and reveals the identity of his accomplice.
This is one of the opening scenes of The Life Of The Others, a new film that shows the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) in a much grimmer light than the comedies about the communist East that filled cinemas in recent years.
The film tells the story of a plot by the Stasi to discredit a playwright, ending in both the death of his lover and the end of his career.
Film critics and political commentators in Germany see the film as evidence that nostalgia for the communist era is finally being replaced by a more realistic view.
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