The Lives of Others
Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's Secret Police Listened to Your Secrets.
8.0(4,184) 2006-03-23 137 minDramaThriller
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.
ProducerMax Wiedemann
ScreenplayFlorian Henckel von Donnersmarck
ProducerQuirin Berg
Original Music ComposerGabriel Yared
DirectorFlorian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Original Music ComposerStéphane Moucha
Cast & characters
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
