The Lives of Others

Plot

A tragic love story set in East Berlin with the backdrop of an undercover Stasi controlled culture. Stasi captain Wieler is ordered to follow author Dreyman and plunges deeper and deeper into his life until he ... read more

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

    Director

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

    Screenplay

  • Hagen Bogdanski

    Director of Photography

  • Patricia Rommel

    Editor

  • Ulrich Mühe

    Gerd Wiesler

  • Martina Gedeck

    Christa-Maria Sieland

  • 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

  • Bastian Trost

    Häftling 227

  • Anabelle D. Munro

    Theatre Actress (uncredited)

  • Charly Hübner

    Udo

  • Herbert Knaup

    Gregor Hessenstein

  • Marie Gruber

    Frau Meineke

  • Hinnerk Schönemann

    Axel Stigler

  • Thomas Arnold

    Nowack

  • Ludwig Blochberger

    Benedikt Lehmann

  • Volker Michalowski

    Schriftexperte

  • Werner Daehn

    Einsatzleiter in Uniform

  • Martin Brambach

    Einsatzleiter Meyer

  • Hubertus Hartmann

    Egon Schwalber

  • Paul Faßnacht

    Onkel Frank Hauser

  • Paul Maximilian Schüller

    Junge mit Ball

  • Susanna Kraus

    Andrea

  • Michael Gerber

    Zahnarzt Dr. Czimmy

  • Fabian von Klitzing

    Tagesschausprecher

  • Harald Polzin

    Wächter

  • Sheri Hagen

    'Martha' 1991

  • Gitta Schweighöfer

    'Anja' 1984

  • Hildegard Schroedter

    'Elena' 1984

  • Inga Birkenfeld

    'Elena' 1991 / BStU-Mitarbeiterin

  • Jens Wassermann

    'Rolf' Andi Wenzke-Falkenau

  • Kai Ivo Baulitz

    Buchverkäufer

  • Klaus Münster

    Erich Mielke (voice) (uncredited)

  • Gabi Fleming

    Prostitute

  • Runtime

    137 minutes

    Released

    2006-03-15

    Languages

    Deutsch

    Countries

    France

    Germany

    Studios

    Sony Pictures Classics

    Buena Vista International (Germany) GmbH

    ARTE

    Wiedemann & Berg Film

    Creado Film

    ARD

    Beta Cinema

    Sound

  • Gabriel Yared

    Original Music Composer

  • Stéphane Moucha

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    688 days ago

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