Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's Secret Police Listened to Your Secrets.
The Lives of Others
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Synopsis
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.
- Directed by
- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Written by
- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
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
Volker Michalowski
Schriftexperte
Werner Daehn
Einsatzleiter in Uniform
Hinnerk Schönemann
Axel Stigler
Thomas Arnold
Nowack
Details
- Released
- March 23, 2006
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- DE
- Original title
- Das Leben der Anderen
- Country
- Germany, France
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Box office
- $77,672,685
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