The Lives of Others
Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's Secret Police Listened to Your Secrets.
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- Drama
- Thriller
Media
Overview
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.
Keywords
- corruption
- political thriller
- heartbreak
- government
- cold war
- surveillance
- germany
- espionage
- political corruption
- soviet union
- interrogation
- surveillance state
- berlin
- stasi
- blackmail
- communism
- freedom of speech
- berlin wall
- german democratic republic
- house search
- artists' life
- east germany
- corrupt agent
- noble sacrifice
- systemic corruption
- persecuted writer
- corrupt government
- escape from communism
- berlin, germany
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 23, 2006
- Original language
- German
- Spoken languages
- german
- Countries
- France, Germany
- Production
- Sony Pictures Classics,Creado Film,Wiedemann & Berg Film,ARD,ARTE,Buena Vista International (Germany) GmbH,Beta Cinema,BR,Creado Film, Wiedemann & Berg Film, ARTE, BR
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Revenue
- $77,672,685
- IMDb
- tt0405094