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The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others

The Lives of Others

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

Genres

DramaThriller

OverView

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.

Others

Budget

$2000000

Revenue

$70000000

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

137 mins

Rating

8/10

Release Date

23 March 2006

Country

France

Cast

Martina Gedeck

Martina Gedeck

Christa-Maria Sieland

Ulrich Mühe

Ulrich Mühe

Gerd Wiesler

Sebastian Koch

Sebastian Koch

Georg Dreyman

Ulrich Tukur

Ulrich Tukur

Anton Grubitz

Thomas Thieme

Thomas Thieme

Bruno Hempf

Hans-Uwe Bauer

Hans-Uwe Bauer

Paul Hauser

Volkmar Kleinert

Volkmar Kleinert

Albert Jerska

Matthias Brenner

Matthias Brenner

Karl Wallner

Charly Hübner

Charly Hübner

Udo

Herbert Knaup

Herbert Knaup

Gregor Hessenstein

Bastian Trost

Bastian Trost

Häftling 227

Marie Gruber

Marie Gruber

Frau Meineke

Volker Michalowski

Volker Michalowski

Schriftexperte

Werner Daehn

Werner Daehn

Einsatzleiter in Uniform

Hinnerk Schönemann

Hinnerk Schönemann

Axel Stigler

Thomas Arnold

Thomas Arnold

Nowack

Ludwig Blochberger

Ludwig Blochberger

Benedikt Lehmann

Martin Brambach

Martin Brambach

Einsatzleiter Meyer

Hubertus Hartmann

Hubertus Hartmann

Egon Schwalber

Paul Faßnacht

Paul Faßnacht

Onkel Frank Hauser

Paul Maximilian Schüller

Paul Maximilian Schüller

Junge mit Ball

Susanna Kraus

Susanna Kraus

Andrea

Michael Gerber

Michael Gerber

Zahnarzt Dr. Czimmy

Fabian von Klitzing

Fabian von Klitzing

Tagesschausprecher

Harald Polzin

Harald Polzin

Wächter

Sheri Hagen

Sheri Hagen

'Martha' 1991

Gitta Schweighöfer

Gitta Schweighöfer

'Anja' 1984

Hildegard Schroedter

Hildegard Schroedter

'Elena' 1984

Inga Birkenfeld

Inga Birkenfeld

'Elena' 1991 / BStU-Mitarbeiterin

Jens Wassermann

Jens Wassermann

'Rolf' Andi Wenzke-Falkenau

Gabi Fleming

Gabi Fleming

Prostitute

Kai Ivo Baulitz

Kai Ivo Baulitz

Buchverkäufer

Anabelle D. Munro

Anabelle D. Munro

Theatre Actress (uncredited)

Klaus Münster

Klaus Münster

Erich Mielke (voice) (uncredited)

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