Gedeck, Martina

Das Leben der Anderen The lives of others ( Visual )
4 editions published in 2007 in German and held by 1,640 libraries worldwide
East Berlin, 1984. Capt. Gerd Wiesler, Stasi officer and surveillance specialist has a simple assignment: keep an eye on Georg Dreyman, a respected playwright, and his actress girlfriend, Christa-Maria Sieland. Though Dreyman is known to associate with blacklisted director Albert Jerska, a known dissident, Dreyman's record is spotless. Wiesler discovers that Minister Hempf has an ulterior motive in spying on this seemingly upright citizen. During the investigation, Wiesler unexpectedly finds himself in sympathy with the people - or at least to this one particular person.

The good shepherd ( Visual )
3 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 1,609 libraries worldwide
An American intelligence officer's youthful idealism is slowly eroded by his growing suspicion of the people around him.

Mostly Martha ( Visual )
19 editions published between 2002 and 2007 in German and No Linguistic content and held by 996 libraries worldwide
Martha is the chef who fusses and obsesses over each dish before it leaves the kitchen. The demands of her job and her natural shyness keep her from meeting new people. When her sister suddenly dies, Martha adopts Lina, her eight-year-old niece, completely changing both lives. Martha gets unexpected help from Mario, Martha's hunky new sous chef, who is not only a whiz on the chopping block but knows sundry magic tricks and jokes to keep Lina's spirits afloat. Just as Martha starts to grow attached to the girl, Lina's erratic father shows up demanding that she go back to Italy with him.

The Baader Meinhof complex ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2010 in German and held by 529 libraries worldwide
Germany 1967: murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism, and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the still-fragile German democracy. The radicalized children of the Nazi generation, led by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof, and Gudrun Ensslin, are fighting a violent war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism. The man who understands them is also their hunter, the head of the German police force, Horst Herold.

Sommer '04 an der Schlei Summer '04 ( Visual )
3 editions published in 2008 in German and held by 142 libraries worldwide
Beautiful and assured, Miriam seemingly has the perfect life. But when her 15-year-old son invites his girlfriend to join the family on their Baltic Coast vacation, Miriam grows jealous of the teenage girl's brazen sensuality and becomes drawn into an extramarital affair with a charismatic German-American stranger that threatens to tear her family apart.

The Baader Meinhof complex ( Visual )
24 editions published between 2008 and 2010 in German and French and held by 139 libraries worldwide
Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violent war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past. Their aim is to create a more humane society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them is also their hunter: the head of the German police force Horst Herold. And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he's only dealing with the tip of the iceberg.

Viehjud Levi ( Visual )
5 editions published between 1998 and 2001 in German and held by 132 libraries worldwide
A Jewish cattle dealer finds that Nazi propaganda has inflamed one of his favorite rural German communities, complicating both his business arrangements and his plans to marry a local farmer's daughter.

Das Leben der Anderen ( Visual )
15 editions published between 2006 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 91 libraries worldwide
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's movie debut focuses on the horrifying, sometimes unintentionally funny system of observation in the former East Germany. In the early 1980s, the successful dramatist Georg Dreyman and his longtime companion Christa-Maria Sieland, a popular actress, are big intellectual stars in the socialist state, although they secretly don't always think loyal to the party line. One day, the Minister of Culture becomes interested in Christa, so the secret service agent Wiesler is instructed to observe and sound out the couple, but their life fascinates him more and more...

Das Leben der Anderen La vie des autres by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck ( Visual )
2 editions published in 2007 in German and held by 59 libraries worldwide
"En 1984 à Berlin-Est, le dramaturge à succès Georges Dreyman et sa compagne, l'actrice Christa-Maria Sieland, font partie de l'élite intellectuelle de l'Etat communiste. Gerd Wiesler, un officier de la police politique est-allemande, la Stasi, se voit confier la surveillance de l'auteur, sans se douter qu'il s'agit d'une intrigue orchestrée par le ministre de la culture, qui convoite la comédienne et souhaite se débarrasser de son compagnon. Tandis que Wiesler, redoutable professionnel, progresse dans l'enquête, le couple d'intellectuels le fascine de plus en plus...

The Baader Meinhof complex ( Visual )
3 editions published between 2009 and 2010 in German and held by 55 libraries worldwide
Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violent war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past. Their aim is to create a more humane society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them is also their hunter: the head of the German police force Horst Herold. And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he's only dealing with the tip of the iceberg.