Film

The Lives of Others

2006 · 2h 17m · Drama · Thriller

Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's Secret Police Listened to Your Secrets.

IMDb

8.4

Rotten Tomatoes

92%

Metacritic

89

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.

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

• Florian Henckel von DonnersmarckDirector · Screenplay
• Max WiedemannProducer
• Quirin BergProducer
• Hagen BogdanskiDirector of Photography
• Gabriel YaredOriginal Music Composer
• Stéphane MouchaOriginal Music Composer
• Patricia RommelEditor
• Simone BärCasting

Official Trailer

Release date

March 23, 2006

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

2h 17m

Rated

R

Budget

$2,000,000

Revenue

$77,672,685

Genres

Drama, Thriller

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