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About
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.
Theatrical
Jun 6, 2006
Box Office
$77.7M
Budget
$2.0M
Return
38.8x
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Creado Film, Wiedemann & Berg Film, ARTE, BR
Original Title
Das Leben der Anderen
Original Language
German
Keywords
germany
berlin, germany
berlin wall
corruption
german democratic republic
stasi
blackmail
cold war
soviet union
freedom of speech
house search
artists' life
espionage
government
interrogation
surveillance
heartbreak
east germany
communism
corrupt agent
political corruption
political thriller
surveillance state
persecuted writer
systemic corruption
noble sacrifice
corrupt government
Trailers & Clips
Cast
Full credits →M
Martina Gedeck
Christa-Maria Sieland
U
Ulrich Mühe
Gerd Wiesler
S
Sebastian Koch
Georg Dreyman
U
Ulrich Tukur
Anton Grubitz
T
Thomas Thieme
Bruno Hempf
H
Hans-Uwe Bauer
Paul Hauser
V
Volkmar Kleinert
Albert Jerska
M
Matthias Brenner
Karl Wallner
C
Charly Hübner
Udo
H
Herbert Knaup
Gregor Hessenstein
B
Bastian Trost
Häftling 227
M
Marie Gruber
Frau Meineke
V
Volker Michalowski
Schriftexperte
W
Werner Daehn
Einsatzleiter in Uniform
H
Hinnerk Schönemann
Axel Stigler
T
Thomas Arnold
Nowack
L
Ludwig Blochberger
Benedikt Lehmann
M
Martin Brambach
Einsatzleiter Meyer
H
Hubertus Hartmann
Egon Schwalber
P
Paul Faßnacht
Onkel Frank Hauser
Quotes
See all →Surveillance in East Germany Before the Wall's Fall
Taglines
Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's Secret Police Listened to Your Secrets.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Struggles of a Silenced Director
Jerska
Was hat ein Regisseur, der nicht inszeniert darf? nicht mehr als ein Filmvorfuehrer ohne Film, ein Mueller ohne Mehl, er hat gar nichts mehr!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
