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The Lives of Others

Original title: Das Leben der Anderen

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

2006 · R · 2h 17m

Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

8.0

TMDB audience score
4,348 votes, out of 10

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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.

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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

  • Ludwig Blochberger
    Benedikt Lehmann

  • Martin Brambach
    Einsatzleiter Meyer