The Lives of Others (2006)
In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives. berlin, germany, government, corruption, espionage, germany, berlin wall, german democratic republic, cold war, blackmail, stasi, soviet union, freedom of speech, house search, artists' life, interrogation, surveillance, heartbreak, east germany, communism, political thriller