"The Lives of Others" (2006): The Awakening of a Soul

Art is a potent weapon in the fight for our freedom to be seen and heard. The noble characters in “The Lives of Others” are a writer, an actress, and a composer. Activist students marching with fists in the air are not what awaken Wiesler’s soul. It is music. And poetry.

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