This critically-acclaimed, Oscar-winning film (Best Foreign Language Film, 2006) is the erotic, emotionally charged experience Lisa Schwarzbaum ('Entertainment Weekly') calls "a nail-biter of a thriller!"
Before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, East Germany?s population was closely monitored by the State Secret Police or Stasi. Only a few citizens above suspicion, like renowned pro-Socialist playwright Georg Dreyman, were permitted to lead private lives. But when a corrupt government official falls for Georg?s stunning actress-girlfriend, Christa, an ambitious Stasi policeman is ordered to bug the writer?s apartment to gain incriminating evidence against the rival. Now, what the officer discovers is about to dramatically change their lives - as well as his - in this seductive political thriller Peter Travers ('Rolling Stone') proclaims is "the best kind of movie: one you can?t get out of your head."