Kukhishwe izindaba ezibuhlungu zokuthi ngeSonto ngoJulayi 22 eWalbeck, umlingisi waseJalimane ushonile Ulrich Muhe eneminyaka engu-54 ubudala, ngenxa yomdlavuza, owawuvele umenyezelwe emaphephandabeni ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule.
Ukusebenza kwakhe okuvelele kwaba yinhloli ye-Stasi uGerd Wiesler e Izimpilo zabanye abantu, owine i-Oscar ye-Best Foreign Language Film futhi eyaklomelisa u-Muhe Indondo Yefilimu YaseYurophu Yomlingisi Ongcono Kakhulu. Nakuba akudingekile ukunciphisa konke kulokhu, ngoba kulo lonke umsebenzi wakhe wobungcweti, Ulrich Muhe Wadlala emidlalweni eminingi namafilimu ethelevishini nasesinema, okuthe, ngaphezu kwemiklomelo eminingana, wakwazi ukuthola ilungelo lokujabulela ukuhlonishwa okukhulu ezweni lakubo.