Reviews

I do think that Wiesler develops a platonic love or affection for Dreyman, and by removing any overt notions of romance or lust, it becomes clear that what Wiesler is responding to in Dreyman is his ideals and his bravery.

But then the film shifts gears and becomes an introspective look at a lonely Stasi police officer and how the lives of a writer and his actresses girlfriend changes his outlook on life.

Film trivia - All of the listening and recording props that feature in the film are actual examples of Stasi equipment on loan from museums and collectors.

The film focuses on the shadowy affection a hardline spy develops for an artistic couple who seem to be Good Communists, but are brought into the web of surveillance nevertheless.

A simple comparison with Almodovar will suffice; at the beginning and the end of the film we are shown was is supposed to be a part of Dreyman's play, and while the general aura surrounding Dreyman is supposed to be that of a brilliant playwrite, you are left with a bitter taste because it is painfu...