The Lives of Others [SEP] narrative location
The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others () is a 2006 German drama film, marking the feature film debut of filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. The plot is about the monitoring of East Berlin residents by agents of the Stasi, the GDR's secret police. It stars Ulrich Mühe as Stasi Captain Gerd Wiesler, Ulrich Tukur as his superior Anton Grubitz, Sebastian Koch as the playwright Georg Dreyman, and Martina Gedeck as Dreyman's lover, a prominent actress named Christa-Maria Sieland.
The film was released
years later, along the same location, an Amtrak train, speeding over 100 mph, derailed along the curve. The 2015 Philadelphia train derailment claimed eight lives as well as injuring many others.
References.
- "The Derailment of the Congressional Limited, Pennsylvania's Worst Railroad Disaster" by Benjamin L Bernhart, publ Outer Station Project 2007,
External links.
- September 6, 1943 - The Wreck of the Congressional Limited at Philadelphia, Pa
- Philadelphia, PA Congressional Limited Train Wrecks, Sep