The Lives Of Others By Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck

The Lives of Others (2006) by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck is a film set during the Cold War Period, a time where German secret police called the Stasi existed and went through extreme measures to prove the people’s loyalty to their country. However, the film showed the leaders of the country abuse their power to get what they want through interrogation, torture, and surveillance. The film shows the other side of the surveillance: the side of the people in control of the recorded files. The film shows how it changed the life of Gerd Wiesler, the spy in charge of the “Lazlo” operation. The Surveillance of Georg Dreyman showed Gerd Wiesler the crookedness of the system he used to blindly follow for years. Wiesler finally sees that there are people who fight for their rights in a civil way, and which their government tries to control. Wiesler’s changes affect the plot of the film because instead of seeing multiple deaths …show more content…
Snowden is famous for exposing the NSA’s secret surveillance of the American people and other associated countries. Greenwald asked Snowden why he decided to jeopardize a good life as an NSA employee and Snowden claimed that “the world had a right to know what was being done to its privacy,” “he felt a moral obligation to take a stand against wrongdoings,” and that “he could not in good conscience remain silent about the hidden threat to the values he cherished.” (92) Even though Snowden went public with the information he has collected, and that Wiesler decided to silently work in the background, they still parallel one another because they both decided to act on what they believe are right in situations that seem to be unresolvable because of the powerful organizations they decided to clash with. They could not stay silent and have innocent people become victims of men who just wanted to establish their powers because they