Lives of others: retrospectively reviewing this – I caught this in the Belmont in ’07 and was totally surprised. Only negative point was that I thought it was a bit long – in saying this, to get the characters deep and keep the plot detailed you couldn’t really cut much out. Great shame that the lead detective (main character) Ulrich Mühe died not long after the films scooped all the awards… brilliant swansong for him!

Score: 8/10