Das Leben der Anderen2006

Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's Secret Police Listened to Your Secrets.

Overview

A tragic love story set in East Berlin with the backdrop of an undercover Stasi controlled culture. Stasi captain Wieler is ordered to follow author Dreyman and plunges deeper and deeper into his life until he reaches the threshold of doubting the system.

Cast

Christa-Maria Sieland
Martina Gedeck
Gerd Wiesler
Ulrich Mühe
Georg Dreyman
Sebastian Koch
Anton Grubitz
Ulrich Tukur
Bruno Hempf
Thomas Thieme
Paul Hauser
Hans-Uwe Bauer
Albert Jerska
Volkmar Kleinert
Karl Wallner
Matthias Brenner
Häftling 227
Bastian Trost
Udo
Charly Hübner
Gregor Hessenstein
Herbert Knaup
Frau Meineke
Marie Gruber
Axel Stigler
Hinnerk Schönemann
Nowack
Thomas Arnold
Benedikt Lehmann
Ludwig Blochberger
Schriftexperte
Volker Michalowski
Einsatzleiter in Uniform
Werner Daehn
Einsatzleiter Meyer
Martin Brambach
Egon Schwalber
Hubertus Hartmann
Onkel Frank Hauser
Paul Faßnacht
Junge mit Ball
Paul Maximilian Schüller
Andrea
Susanna Kraus
Zahnarzt Dr. Czimmy
Michael Gerber
Tagesschausprecher
Fabian von Klitzing
Wächter
Harald Polzin
'Martha' 1991
Sheri Hagen
'Anja' 1984
Gitta Schweighöfer
'Elena' 1984
Hildegard Schroedter
'Elena' 1991 / BStU-Mitarbeiterin
Inga Birkenfeld
'Rolf' Andi Wenzke-Falkenau
Jens Wassermann
Buchverkäufer
Kai Ivo Baulitz
Theatre Actress (uncredited)
Anabelle D. Munro
Erich Mielke (voice) (uncredited)
Klaus Münster
Prostitute
Gabi Fleming

Directed by

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Runtime

137 minutes

Released

2006

Rating

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