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The Lives of Others
Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's Secret Police Listened to Your Secrets.
8.0(4,318)20062h 17m
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.
- Director
- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
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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
Hubertus Hartmann
Egon Schwalber
Paul Faßnacht
Onkel Frank Hauser
Paul Maximilian Schüller
Junge mit Ball
Susanna Kraus
Andrea
Michael Gerber
Zahnarzt Dr. Czimmy
Fabian von Klitzing
Tagesschausprecher
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Crew
Directing
- Florian Henckel von DonnersmarckDirector
Writing
- Florian Henckel von DonnersmarckScreenplay
Production
- Simone BärCasting
- Max WiedemannProducer
- Quirin BergProducer
- Monika LobkowiczCo-Producer
- Andreas SchreitmüllerCo-Producer
- Claudia GladziejewskiCo-Producer
- Tom SternitzkeProduction Manager
- Sally SteelePublicist
- Christine HauptProduction Coordinator
- Eva SimonetPublicist
- Florian Henckel von DonnersmarckCo-Producer
- Dirk HammCo-Producer
Camera
- Hagen BogdanskiDirector of Photography
- Hagen KellerStill Photographer
Editing
- Patricia RommelEditor
- Olivia RetzerAssistant Editor
Sound
- Gabriel YaredOriginal Music Composer
- Stéphane MouchaOriginal Music Composer
- Jörn PoetzlFoley
- Oliver SchnugBoom Operator
- Eva ClaudiusADR & Dubbing
- Detlef HalaskiADR & Dubbing
- João Da Costa PintoFoley
- Hubertus RathSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Arno WilmsSound mixer
- Philipp SellierFoley
- Christoph von SchönburgSound Designer
Art
- Frank NoackSet Decoration
- Christiane RotheArt Direction
- Silke BuhrProduction Design
- Martin ZillgerLocation Scout
- Thomas DuchnickiLocation Scout
Costume & Make-Up
- Gabriele BinderCostume Design
- Annett SchulzeMakeup Artist
- Sabine SchumannMakeup Artist
Crew
- Alister MazzottiStunts
- Hans SeckSpecial Effects
- Sylvain CoutandinPost Production Assistant
Lighting
- Michael KoschorreckLighting Technician
- Jürgen RugeLighting Technician
- Michael RöskaGaffer