Truer than the Real Thing
: Real
and Hyperreal
Representations of the Past in Das Leben der Anderen
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Johns Hopkins University Press. 2012. marian.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/7d8342fb-8153-46b3-85dc-edff861b9730?q=4/1/1966%200:00. "truer Than the Real Thing": "real" and "hyperreal" Representations of the Past In Das Leben Der Anderen.APA citation style (7th ed.)
(2012). "Truer than the Real Thing": "Real" and "Hyperreal" Representations of the Past in Das Leben der Anderen. https://marian.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/7d8342fb-8153-46b3-85dc-edff861b9730?q=4/1/1966%200:00Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)
"truer Than the Real Thing": "real" and "hyperreal" Representations of the Past In Das Leben Der Anderen. Johns Hopkins University Press. 2012. https://marian.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/7d8342fb-8153-46b3-85dc-edff861b9730?q=4/1/1966%200:00.Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
With his 2006 film Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others), writer and director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck asserted that he had created a GDR that is truer than the real thing, that is realer than the actual GDR.
In this article, I show that while Das Leben der Anderen strives to be an authentic representation of the past through its incorporation of real props and on-site filming, it in fact shows a reality that is hyperreal.
Despite the film's various claims to authenticity, its plot serves as a subtext that exposes the very concepts of truth
and reality
as, at best, elusive ideals.
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German Studies Review (Vol.35, No.1)
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