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5 The Lives of Others - Wiesler as a ruthless and efficient Stasi operator

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HN cites it, and the scent-sample scene in the film, in threads about surveillance and Stasi methods such as smell registers.

A clip from the film The Lives of Others showing Wiesler as a ruthless, efficient Stasi interrogator who uses a recorded interrogation to train new officers. HN uses other scenes from the same film as well.

“Have a look at this scene from the fantastic film” (HN, 2019)

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@_Microft Jul 2021 Cites it
on HN thread “The Stasi Had a Giant Smell Register of Dissidents”
Scent sample collection by putting a dust cloth under the chair of someone who was interrogated (as it is described in the article) was shown in the German movie "The Lives of Others" [0]. Fast forward to ~4:30min if you are not interested in the rest of the film clip: [this video] (has English subtitles) [0] [link]
Film clip depicting Stasi scent sample collection

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