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Das Leben der Anderen
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Sebastian Koch, Martina Gedeck
Source: Buena Vista International Germany, DIF
Sebastian Koch, Martina Gedeck
The Lives of Others
 

East Berlin, November 1984. Five years before its downfall, the former East-German government ensured its claim to power with a ruthless system of control and surveillance. Party-loyalist Captain Gerd Wiesler hopes to boost his career when given the job of collecting evidence against the playwright Georg Dreyman and his girlfriend, the celebrated theater actress Christa-Maria Sieland.

After all, the “operation” is backed by the highest political circles. What he didn’t anticipate, however, was that submerging oneself into the world of the target also changes the surveillance agent. The immersion in The Lives of Others – in love, literature, free thinking and speech – makes Wiesler acutely aware of the meagerness of his own existence and opens to him a completely new way of life which he has ever more trouble resisting. But the system, once started, cannot be stopped. A dangerous game has begun...

A story from the heart of the East-German regime, The Lives of Others is an intensely gripping thriller and moving love story featuring some of Germany's most internationally celebrated actors.

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH


Das Leben der Anderen
Deutschland 2005/2006, Spielfilm
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. Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
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. Screenplay Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
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. Director of photography Hagen Bogdanski
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. Music Gabriel Yared; Stéphane Moucha
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. Cast
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. Martina Gedeck Christa-Maria Sieland
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. Ulrich Mühe Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler
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. Sebastian Koch Georg Dreymann
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. Ulrich Tukur Oberstleutnant Anton Grubitz
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. Thomas Thieme Minister Bruno Hempf
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. Hans-Uwe Bauer Paul Hauser
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. Herbert Knaup Georg Hessenstein
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. Volkmar Kleinert Albert Jerska
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. Matthias Brenner Karl Wallner
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. Bastian Trost Häftling 227
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. Production company Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion (München)
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. Producer Quirin Berg; Max Wiedemann
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. Claudia Gladziejewski; Hubert von Spreti; Monika Lobkowicz; Andreas Schreitmüller
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