The Lives of Others 2006 · Germany · 137 minutes · R · Won 1 Oscar. Another 75 wins & 34 nominations. political thriller period film Stars: Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's Secret Police Listened to Your Secrets. In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives. Tags: crisis of conscience, secret organizations, totalitarian states 8.4 / 10 Login to add your rating Have you seen it? Add to your watchlist Like Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's Secret Police Listened to Your Secrets. In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives. Tags: crisis of conscience, secret organizations, totalitarian states, writer's life, conspiracies, actor's life Watch The Lives of Others trailer Starring of The Lives of Others 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 Bastian Trost as Häftling 227 Charly Hübner as Udo Herbert Knaup as Gregor Hessenstein Marie Gruber as Frau Meineke Hinnerk Schönemann as Axel Stigler Thomas Arnold as Nowack Ludwig Blochberger as Benedikt Lehmann Volker Michalowski as Schriftexperte Werner Daehn as Einsatzleiter in Uniform 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 Harald Polzin as Wächter Sheri Hagen as Martha 1991 Gitta Schweighöfer as Anja 1984 Hildegard Schroedter as Elena 1984 Inga Birkenfeld as Elena 1991 BStU-Mitarbeiterin Jens Wassermann as Rolf Andi Wenzke-Falkenau Kai Ivo Baulitz as Buchverkäufer Anabelle D. Munro as Theatre Actress Klaus Münster as Erich Mielke (voice) Storyline of The Lives of Others 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. Genre: drama, thriller Theme: crisis of conscience, secret organizations, totalitarian states, writer's life, conspiracies, actor's life Certification: Mature Audiences - Ages 17+ Recommended Flag: adult situations, not for children, nudity, profanity, sexual situations MPA rating: R Award: Won 1 Oscar. Another 75 wins & 34 nominations. Budget: 2000000 Rating of The Lives of Others 8.4 / 10 Login to add your rating Have you seen it? Add to your watchlist Like 0 0 0 0 0 Reviews of The Lives of Others Write your review or comment