What is the historical background of the movie "Eavesdropping Storm"?

The story of the movie "Eavesdropping Storm" takes place in Berlin 1984 in East Germany, which belongs to the end of East Germany. At that time, East Germany adopted the terror rule of the secret police, and the National Security Agency conducted large-scale eavesdropping on the people.

The German Democratic Republic (GDR), commonly known as "East Germany", was a socialist country in Central Europe from June 7th, 1949 to June 3rd, 1990. Its capital was Berlin (East Berlin).

The Democratic Germany was established on the basis of the Soviet occupation of Nazi Germany after the end of World War II. The capital Berlin (East Berlin) was established in the Soviet-occupied area of Berlin, the capital of Nazi Germany. 196 1 year, the GDR government built the Berlin Wall along the border of West Berlin to prevent residents from fleeing.

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The Eavesdropping Storm is the first feature film directed by Donnersmarck. The film tells the story of an agent of the National Security Bureau of East Germany from being loyal to his duties to losing enthusiasm for his work, and then changing his position and starting to protect the East German writer Jeffrey Mann who was asked by his superiors to engage in espionage.

The story took place at 1984 in Berlin, East Germany. The whole East German people are controlled by 100,000 stasi secret police and 200,000 informers. Their purpose is to know every detail of other people's lives.

Among these most dedicated Stasi officials, one is Captain Gad Wisler of Wizler. He is a teacher at the Potsdam Secret Police School. He can sniff out dissidents thousands of miles away, and he has no personal life except work.

Weizler installed wires and eavesdropping equipment in Dreiman's apartment under the orders of his superiors. Weizler began to be attracted by the life in Dreiman.

In 2007, the 79th Academy Awards, "Eavesdropping Storm" was named the best foreign language film.

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