[Fnoord]

Great suggestion!

Not merely microphones though, but also privacy at a whole.

The other reason is the WWII history.

Das Leben der Anderen is a very good movie with a sublime cast (including Sebastian Koch), but hardly entertaining. A somewhat entertaining movie about the GDR (DDR) is Goodbye Lenin [1], starring Daniel Brühl (Bruehl). Both movies are primary dramatic though.

I can also recommend any movie starring Jürgen Vogel [2] (Juergen). The subjects movies he's in touches upon are often thought-provoking. Although also, usually drama. I can highly recommend German cinema, I hold the authenticity of German cinema in high regard.

[1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301357/

[2] http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0900915/

[JBlue42]

Das Leben der Anderen isn't "entertaining" per se but I recall being pretty devastating.

[jt2190]

> ... but hardly entertaining.

I'm curious about your use of the word "entertaining"...

Do you mean to exclude dramas, tragedies, or things that deal with serious subject matter? Or do you mean to say that Das Leben der Anderen isn't a good movie?

(Language is fun! :-) )

[Fnoord]

Yeah it is possible I took the term too strict [1] but wouldn't the broad definition of it include every movie ever made?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment

[weber111]

All movies are entertainment, but only good movies are entertaining

[Fnoord]

Is entertainment an objective term, and entertaining a subjective term?

[fao_]

Sort of. Entertainment is a classification taking into account purpose (Films are a form of entertaining one's self/time). Entertaining is to do with how one emotionally processes something.

The best distinction is the one represented in Collin's English Dictionary:

  entertainment (ˌɛntəˈteɪnmənt) n.
  1. the act or art of entertaining or state of being entertained
  2. an act, production, etc, that entertains; diversion; amusement

versus

  entertaining (ˌɛntəˈteɪnɪŋ) adj.
  1. serving to entertain or give pleasure; diverting; amusing