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E?: The Lives of Others signed posters

From Screen Cinemas

THE LIVES OF OTHERS (15):

Winner! Oscar – Best Foreign Language Film!
Winner! 3 European Film Awards!
Winner! 5 German Oscars!
Winner! 4 Best Picture Audience Awards!

Directed by: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Starring: Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme
Running Time: 137 mins

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's movie debut focuses on the horrifying, sometimes unintentionally funny system of observation in the former East Germany. In the early 1980s, the successful dramatist Georg Dreyman and his longtime companion Christa-Maria Sieland, a popular actress, are big intellectual stars in the socialist state, although they secretly don't always think loyal to the party line. One day, the Minister of Culture becomes interested in Christa, so the secret service agent Wiesler is instructed to observe and sound out the couple, but their life fascinates him more and more...
“The best picture of the year!” – The Guardian
“Potent and unmissable!” – Time Magazine
We have a couple of posters signed by the director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, as well as a few t-shirts for the lucky winners!

Question: In which country does the story in The Lives Of Others take place?

Austria
East Germany :D
West Germany
Switzerland

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This is daily entry with a prize that changes regularly. I'll let Strepsy know so it can be added to the daily comps.
MASSIVE THANKS TO ALL POSTERS!:happyhear

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