A film drama about the Stasi secret police has won seven of Germany's top film awards. Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) took honours including best film, director and actor at the Lolas ...

We Americans complain of Big Brother’s unblinking eye in the post-Patriot Act, corporate e-mail era—as well we should. But, as The Lives of Others makes plain, things could be worse. Set in East ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Manfred Lehmann avoids Berlin landmarks such as the Brandenburg Gate where hawkers selling old East German medals or students posing in guard uniforms for tourists are a painful ...

Berlin Legend Andreas Dresen: The Versatile German Arthouse Master on Nazis, the Stasi and Currywurst The 60-year-old eastern German director, a specialist in telling dark stories with a light touch, ...

Memorable movie villains are hard to dream up in these politically correct times. Hollywood is swiftly running out of archetypes whose real-life constituents won't come running after the studios for ...