The Lives of Others is a 2006 German drama film written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck marking his feature film directorial debut. The story centres around the covert audio surveillance of East Berlin residents by a senior operative of the Stasi, the secret police of the former East Germany. It stars Ulrich Mühe as Stasi Captain Gerd Wiesler, Ulrich Tukur as his superior Anton Grubitz, Sebastian Koch as the playwright Georg Dreyman, and Martina Gedeck as Dreyman's lover, a prominent actress named Christa-Maria Sieland.
The Lives of Others (2006)
Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Genres - Drama, Mystery-Suspense, Spy Film, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Political Thriller Film, Spy |
Release Date - Mar 23, 2006 |
Run Time - 137 min. |
MPAA Rating - R
Description by Wikipedia
Movie Info
Official Site
Budget
$2,000,000
Box Office
$77,356,942
Themes
Tags
Art/Music, Berlin Germany, Berlin Wall, Best Foreign Language Film, Blackmail, Cold War, Communism, Dark, East Germany, Espionage, Gerd Wiesler, German Democratic Republic, Germany, Independent, Interrogation, Lives Of Others, Mind-Bending/Experimental, Political Thriller, Propaganda, Spiritual/Religious, Stasi, Suicide, Surveillance, Surveillance State, Transformation
Attributes
Filming Location: Berlin
Narrative Location: East Berlin
Subject: Cold War, internal conflict, Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, surveillance, surveillance state
Time Period: 1984
Narrative Location: East Berlin
Subject: Cold War, internal conflict, Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, surveillance, surveillance state
Time Period: 1984
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Alternate Titles
Başqalarının Həyatı
AZ
Das Leben der Anderen - Die Sonate vom guten Menschen
DE
De andras liv
FI, SE
La vida de los otros
AR, MX, PE, ES
La vie des autres
CA, FR
Teiste elu
EE
Zivoty tech druhých
CZ
竊聽風暴
TW
타인의 삶
KR