Talk:Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

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Birth name

To whomever it may concern: Please cease removing Henckel's birth name.

As his birth name it is entirely encyclopaedic to include in his bio. It is not bothering anyone, and any decent encyclopaedia includes as much relevant info as possible.

If you continue to remove the birth name I will request than an administrator block your IP and have the page protected! O'Donoghue 00:40, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No encyclopedia contains all first names. Nor does Wikipedia.--Gebot 09:52, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Citizenship

Several sources claim that Donnersmarck has Austrian citizenship:

de:Diskussion:Florian_Henckel_von_Donnersmarck mentions
- an interview with the German TV station ARD in January 2007
- the news magazine "Zeit im Bild 2" on ORF in February 2007
The Austrian tabloid "Österreich", oe24.at, titled "Donnersmarck ist Österreicher": [1]
Various pages at orf.at: [2][3]

Austrian 14:03, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why he made 'Lives of Others'?

If Henckel von Donnersmarck lived and studied in the Soviet Union, why would he made a film that bashes Communism so much. The movie was great, but it entirely blamed the government intervention in people's lives over Communism rather than the Stasi or the East German Government, as if people were monitored because that's part of the Communist ideology. I think he was biased in order to get success from Hollywood. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tony0106 (talk • contribs) 04:40, 28 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

East Germany was a socialist country, not a communist. Monitoring your citizens is indeed part of a socialist state. -- megA (talk) 14:12, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Monitoring own AND foreign people is part of the united states. --84.141.24.153 (talk) 20:24, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Study in the Soviet Union

If he was born in 1973, he would have been a teenager at the time he studied in the Soviet Union. Presumably the article should say Russia instead. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Entenman (talk • contribs) 04:14, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]