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Yes, loved the ending, redemption through art.
"Although the opening scene of the film is set in Hohenschönhausen prison, the movie could not be filmed there because Dr Hubertus Knabe, the director of the memorial, refused to give von Donnersmarck permission. Knabe objected to "making the Stasi man into a hero" and tried to persuade von Donnersmarck to change the movie. Donnersmarck instead cited Schindler's List as an example showing that such a plot development would be possible. Knabe's answer: "But that is exactly the difference. There was a Schindler. There was no Wiesler."