

At once a political thriller and human drama, THE LIVES OF OTHERS begins in East Berlin in 1984, five years before Glasnost and the fall of the Berlin Wall and ultimately takes us to 1991, in what is now the reunited Germany. THE LIVES OF OTHERS traces the gradual disillusionment of Captain Gerd Wiesler (Ulrich Muhe, best known for his lead roles in Michael Haneke's FUNNY GAMES and as Dr. Mengele in Costa-Gavras' AMEN), a highly skilled officer who works for the Stasi, East Germany's all-powerful secret police. His mission is to spy on a celebrated writer and actress couple, Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch) and Christa-Maria Sieland (Martina Gedeck).
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| Northcentral Idaho teen dies in car crash near Kooskia, two others injured (The Idaho Statesman) One northcentral Idaho teen is dead and two others injured after a 15-year-old from Stites lost control of her Pontiac Grand Am on U.S. 12. |
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| Slain Aussie's mate, 3 others face raps (Sun Star) THE City Prosecutor?s Office formally charged a woman and three others for conspiring to kill an Australian national, even burying him in a shallow grave at a yard in a posh Guadalupe village sometime in October. |
| Market official killed, 2 others injured (Sun Star) UNIDENTIFIED motorcycle-riding suspects shot dead last Friday a government employee and wounded two others in Sta. Cruz village, Isabela City, Basilan. |
