The Lives of Others

The Lives of Others (2006)

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

  • Genre: Drama, Thriller
  • Release Date: 2006-03-23
  • User Rating: 8/10 from 3644 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 17min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: Creado Film
  • Production Country: France, Germany
  • Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
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Summary

In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the Stasi secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

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  • Martina Gedeck

    as Christa-Maria Sieland
  • Ulrich Mühe

    as Gerd Wiesler
  • Sebastian Koch

    as Georg Dreyman
  • Ulrich Tukur

    as Anton Grubitz
  • Thomas Thieme

    as Bruno Hempf
  • Hans-Uwe Bauer

    as Paul Hauser
  • Volkmar Kleinert

    as Albert Jerska
  • Matthias Brenner

    as Karl Wallner
  • Charly Hübner

    as Udo
  • Herbert Knaup

    as Gregor Hessenstein
  • Bastian Trost

    as Häftling 227
  • Marie Gruber

    as Frau Meineke
  • Volker Michalowski

    as Schriftexperte
  • Werner Daehn

    as Einsatzleiter in Uniform
  • Hinnerk Schönemann

    as Axel Stigler
  • Thomas Arnold

    as Nowack
  • Ludwig Blochberger

    as Benedikt Lehmann
  • Martin Brambach

    as Einsatzleiter Meyer
  • Hubertus Hartmann

    as Egon Schwalber
  • Paul Faßnacht

    as Onkel Frank Hauser
  • Paul Maximilian Schüller

    as Junge mit Ball
  • Susanna Kraus

    as Andrea
  • Michael Gerber

    as Zahnarzt Dr. Czimmy
  • Fabian von Klitzing

    as Tagesschausprecher
  • Harald Polzin

    as Wächter
  • Sheri Hagen

    as 'Martha' 1991
  • Gitta Schweighöfer

    as 'Anja' 1984
  • Hildegard Schroedter

    as 'Elena' 1984
  • Inga Birkenfeld

    as 'Elena' 1991 / BStU-Mitarbeiterin
  • Jens Wassermann

    as 'Rolf' Andi Wenzke-Falkenau
  • Gabi Fleming

    as Prostitute
  • Kai Ivo Baulitz

    as Buchverkäufer
  • Anabelle D. Munro

    as Theatre Actress (uncredited)
  • Klaus Münster

    as Erich Mielke (voice) (uncredited)
Editing Patricia Rommel Editor
Directing Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Director
Sound Gabriel Yared Original Music Composer
Sound Stéphane Moucha Original Music Composer
Production Simone Bär Casting
Production Max Wiedemann Producer
Production Quirin Berg Producer
Writing Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Screenplay
Camera Hagen Bogdanski Director of Photography
Production Monika Lobkowicz Co-Producer
Production Andreas Schreitmüller Co-Producer
Production Claudia Gladziejewski Co-Producer
Sound Jörn Poetzl Foley
Art Frank Noack Set Decoration
Art Christiane Rothe Art Direction
Art Silke Buhr Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Gabriele Binder Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Annett Schulze Makeup Artist
Production Tom Sternitzke Production Manager
Sound Oliver Schnug Boom Operator
Editing Olivia Retzer Assistant Editor
Sound Eva Claudius ADR & Dubbing
Production Sally Steele Publicist
Sound Detlef Halaski ADR & Dubbing
Costume & Make-Up Sabine Schumann Makeup Artist
Lighting Michael Koschorreck Lighting Technician
Lighting Jürgen Ruge Lighting Technician
Crew Alister Mazzotti Stunts
Production Christine Haupt Production Coordinator
Sound João Da Costa Pinto Foley
Art Martin Zillger Location Scout
Sound Hubertus Rath Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Crew Hans Seck Special Effects
Camera Hagen Keller Still Photographer
Sound Arno Wilms Sound mixer
Sound Philipp Sellier Foley
Sound Christoph von Schönburg Sound Designer
Lighting Michael Röska Gaffer
Art Thomas Duchnicki Location Scout
Crew Sylvain Coutandin Post Production Assistant
Production Eva Simonet Publicist
Production Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Co-Producer
Production Dirk Hamm Co-Producer

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