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The Lives of Others (2006)
Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
“Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's Secret Police Listened to Your Secrets.”
Drama, Thriller · 2h 17m
In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.
Cast
Martina Gedeck
Christa-Maria Sieland
Ulrich Mühe
Gerd Wiesler
Sebastian Koch
Georg Dreyman
Ulrich Tukur
Anton Grubitz
Thomas Thieme
Bruno Hempf
Hans-Uwe Bauer
Paul Hauser
Volkmar Kleinert
Albert Jerska
Matthias Brenner
Karl Wallner
Charly Hübner
Udo
Herbert Knaup
Gregor Hessenstein
Bastian Trost
Häftling 227
Marie Gruber
Frau Meineke
Crew
- Director
- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Screenplay
- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Director of Photography
- Hagen Bogdanski
- Original Music Composer
- Gabriel Yared, Stéphane Moucha
- Editor
- Patricia Rommel
- Producer
- Max Wiedemann, Quirin Berg
Details
- Original title
- Das Leben der Anderen
- Release date
- 2006-03-23
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany, France
- Production
- Creado Film, Wiedemann & Berg Film, ARTE, BR
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Box office
- $77,672,685