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5 The Lives of Others - Wiesler as a ruthless  and efficient Stasi operator

5 The Lives of Others - Wiesler as a ruthless and efficient Stasi operator

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About this video

A clip from the film The Lives of Others showing Wiesler as a ruthless, efficient Stasi interrogator who uses a recorded interrogation to train new officers. HN uses other scenes from the same film as well.

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HN cites it, and the scent-sample scene in the film, in threads about surveillance and Stasi methods such as smell registers.

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Tomte · 2019-11 · rec

> "scent jars" Have a look at this scene from the fantastic film "The Lives of Others": [VIDEO]

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Tomte · 2020-02 · rec

Have a look at this scene from the fantastic film "The Lives of Others": [VIDEO] The odour conserve features at the end.

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dbbolton · 2015-10 · reference

This method sort of reminds me of one of the opening scenes from Das Leben der Anderen (which is a great movie): [VIDEO]

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_Microft · 2021-07 · reference

Scent sample collection by putting a dust cloth under the chair of someone who was interrogated (as it is described in the article) was shown in the German movie "The Lives of Others" [0]. Fast forward to ~4:30min if you are not interested in the rest of the film clip: [VIDEO] (has English subtitles) [0] [LINK]

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