The Lives of Others
2006 · Movie · 137 min. · Germany
East Germany. In the early 1980s, the successful dramatist Georg Dreyman and his longtime companion Christa-Maria Sieland, a popular actress, are big intellectual stars in the socialist state, although they secretly doesn't always think loyal to the party line. One day, the Minister of Culture becomes interested in Christa, so the secret service agent Wiesler is instructed to observe and sound out the couple, but their life fascinates him more and more...
Direction Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Cast Ulrich Mühe · Martina Gedeck · Sebastian Koch · Ulrich Tukur · Thomas Thieme · Hans-Uwe Bauer · Volkmar Kleinert · Matthias Brenner · Charly Hübner · Herbert Knaup · Marie Gruber · Bastian Trost · Thomas Arnold · Martin Brambach · Paul Faßnacht · Werner Daehn · Paul Maximilian Schüller · Susanna Kraus · Hubertus Hartmann · Volker Michalowski · Ludwig Blochberger · Hinnerk Schönemann · Michael Gerber · Hildegard Schroedter · Inga Birkenfeld · Gitta Schweighöfer · Fabian von Klitzing · Kai Ivo Baulitz
Soundtrack Gabriel Yared · Stéphane Moucha
Screenplay Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Cinematography Hagen Bogdanski
Original title Das Leben der Anderen
8.0
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