Response to Stasi movie:
I think that the government and workers for the government will go so far on a case, that it is inhumane and unjust. In this particular movie inspectors and secret agents went so deep into a situation that one young woman ended up committing suicide, and a lonely man lost his job for many years. The situation, the tension, and the relationship between George and Maria (the main characters) was extremely complicated. Maria was threatened, and assumed that her life was going to be taken based off of one situation. There was a typewriter and some documents which were important, significant, and secret, and belonged to George and was hiding in his house. Maria along with only a few others knew where those items were hiding, and it was clear that the place was not to be revealed to anyone. Maria was pounced on by workers for the government and was forced to tell them a piece of information that she knew, but was certainly not comfortable revealing. This is a complex and perplexed situation because Maria was put on the spot and did not know if she should tell the truth or not. Of course telling the truth is the right thing to do almost all the time, but maybe not in this dilemma... If she gave them a false spot where the treasure they were looking for was not in, then they could potentially harm her and her spouse. If she told them the truth than they would probably not hurt her but would maybe hurt Georg, and the typewriter would be located and everything would go downhill from there. The feeling Maria must have had was intense, and she was probably feeling regret, anxiety, and confusion, all at one time. Little did she know, the searchers invaded their house and looked in the spot where the items had been, but Georg moved it, however Maria did not know that. As they took apart the piece of the floor in which the typewriter had been and as they were about to succeed their mission, as the spies thought, Maria had ran downstairs in her bathrobe and killed herself before everyone got the chance to clear up the whole situation. So this whole case resulted in miscommunication and unnecessary secrets being hidden from one another. Georg must have been beyond upset and hurt because his wife felt so bad about what she did that she killed herself. This action shows that she felt so guilty about what she did, and really cared about Georg. What if Veisler had not moved the prized possessions? Than Maria would have probably still died, and the typewriter and documents would have been found. In the way the situation unfolded, Maria died as well but the items were not found, however that was probably unimportant considering Georg's wife died. One little action, one little item, even one word or one facial expression can be significant in a scene like this. A few years later, Georg got to see what Maria said to the Stasi and he found out they he was being bugged, meaning every move he made was being recorded, they could hear him, (not see him.) If I were him I would probably have not wanted to see or hear what Maria said to the Stasi because it would have made me over-think the situation, and feel even more sad/mad about everything and how it went down. It is hard to look back on things, and refrain from regretting decisions you made, or things you said. Especially for something like this because there was so much miscommunication and misunderstanding between Maria and Georg, but in the end they loved each other and wanted what was best. Because of how severe the consequences of their actions were, the level or regret increased. Especially for a government official or leader, their decisions, ideas, and actions are very carefully observed and analyzed and there is more room for regret, but also for figuring out ways to do better next time.
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