An impeccable German production, from the costumes, editing, scripts, actors, but above all an incredible performance by Lars Eidinger.

This film covers the life of a man who ruined his life for helping the Stasi, the filmmaker Franziska Stünkel rescues the true story of Werner Teske (Franz Walter in the film). When Walter is sent as a spy to West Germany, it will not take him long to realize that the system to which he has sworn allegiance is not what it seems, as they will force him to carry out highly questionable practices, such as blackmail, psychological pressure and diagnostics forged.

I guess everyone is busy watching super heroes.

I quite like movies about East Germany before the fall, giving us a peep into a country run on coercion and corruption, the freedom of the individual disregarded.

Franz and Luise have no desire to get caught up in the world of espionage, but they are given no choice, and no way out.

It's a very well made film with some great performances and you get fully drawn in to the story.

The only problem really is IMDB's current policy of requiring reviews of at least 600 characters, which is well more than I need to tell you what you need to know about this. Just watch it, you don't need to know more. I realise it's to stop people leaving "it's rubbish" and "it's great" type reviews, but really, 600?