The Lives of Others
Das Leben der Anderen2006
Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's Secret Police Listened to Your Secrets.
- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- 2h 17m
- March 23, 2006 · France, Germany
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.
Media
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
- Cast
- Martina Gedeck,Ulrich Mühe,Sebastian Koch,Ulrich Tukur,Thomas Thieme,Hans-Uwe Bauer,Volkmar Kleinert,Matthias Brenner,Charly Hübner,Herbert Knaupand 24 more
- Director
- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Producer
- Max Wiedemann,Quirin Berg
- Cinematography
- Hagen Bogdanski
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Revenue
- $77,672,685
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