He who has ears to hear – The Lives of Others By Tony Watkins1 October 20143 February 2017 Categories: Film Tags: Art, authenticity, Beauty, Death, East Germany, Florian Henckel von Donnersmark, Freedom, German films, Historical Films, History, Love, Martina Gedeck, Morality, Sebastian Koch, Secrecy, Totalitarianism, Trust, Ulrich Mühe Tony Watkins’s article on Florian Henckel von Donnersmark’s Das Leben Der Anderen (The Lives of Others) on the transforming effect of art and love on an East German Stasi officer.