The Lives of Others (2006)
The Lives of Others (2006)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Martina Gedeck
Christa-Maria Sieland
Ulrich Mühe
Gerd Wiesler
Sebastian Koch
Georg Dreyman
Ulrich Tukur
Anton Grubitz
Thomas Thieme
Bruno Hempf
Hans-Uwe Bauer
Paul Hauser
Volkmar Kleinert
Albert Jerska
Matthias Brenner
Karl Wallner
Charly Hübner
Udo
Herbert Knaup
Gregor Hessenstein
Bastian Trost
Häftling 227
Marie Gruber
Frau Meineke
Volker Michalowski
Schriftexperte
Werner Daehn
Einsatzleiter in Uniform
Hinnerk Schönemann
Axel Stigler
Thomas Arnold
Nowack
Ludwig Blochberger
Benedikt Lehmann
Martin Brambach
Einsatzleiter Meyer
Hubertus Hartmann
Egon Schwalber
Paul Faßnacht
Onkel Frank Hauser
Paul Maximilian Schüller
Junge mit Ball
Susanna Kraus
Andrea
Michael Gerber
Zahnarzt Dr. Czimmy
Fabian von Klitzing
Tagesschausprecher
Harald Polzin
Wächter
Sheri Hagen
'Martha' 1991
Gitta Schweighöfer
'Anja' 1984
Hildegard Schroedter
'Elena' 1984
Inga Birkenfeld
'Elena' 1991 / BStU-Mitarbeiterin
Jens Wassermann
'Rolf' Andi Wenzke-Falkenau
Gabi Fleming
Prostitute
Kai Ivo Baulitz
Buchverkäufer
Anabelle D. Munro
Theatre Actress (uncredited)
Klaus Münster
Erich Mielke (voice) (uncredited)
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Screenplay / Director / Co-Producer
Hagen Bogdanski
Director of Photography
Patricia Rommel
Editor
Gabriel Yared
Original Music Composer
Stéphane Moucha
Original Music Composer
Max Wiedemann
Producer
Quirin Berg
Producer
Simone Bär
Casting
Claudia Gladziejewski
Co-Producer
Monika Lobkowicz
Co-Producer
Andreas Schreitmüller
Co-Producer
Silke Buhr
Production Design
Christiane Rothe
Art Direction
Frank Noack
Set Decoration
Gabriele Binder
Costume Design
Annett Schulze
Makeup Artist
Sabine Schumann
Makeup Artist
Tom Sternitzke
Production Manager
Eva Claudius
ADR & Dubbing
João Da Costa Pinto
Foley
Detlef Halaski
ADR & Dubbing
Jörn Poetzl
Foley
Hubertus Rath
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Oliver Schnug
Boom Operator
Philipp Sellier
Foley
Christoph von Schönburg
Sound Designer
Arno Wilms
Sound mixer
Hans Seck
Special Effects
Alister Mazzotti
Stunts
Michael Koschorreck
Lighting Technician
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 23, 2006
Original NameDas Leben der Anderen
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 17m
Content RatingR
Budget$2,000,000
Box Office$70,000,000
Filming LocationsBerlin, Germany
Genres
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The Lives of Others (German: Das Leben der Anderen, pronounced [das ˈleːbn deːɐ̯ ˈʔandəʁən] ) is a 2006 German drama film written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck marking his feature film directorial debut. The plot is about the monitoring of East Berlin residents by agents of the Stasi, East Germany's secret police. It stars Ulrich Mühe as Stasi Captain Gerd Wiesler, Ulrich Tukur as his superior Anton Grubitz, Sebastian Koch as the playwright Georg Dreyman, and Martina Gedeck as Dreyman's lover, a prominent actress named Christa-Maria Sieland.
The film was released by Buena Vista International in Germany on 23 March 2006. At the same time, the screenplay was published by Suhrkamp Verlag. The Lives of Others won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. The film had earlier won seven Deutscher Filmpreis awards—including those for best film, best director, best screenplay, best actor, and best supporting actor—after setting a new record with 11 nominations. It also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language and European Film Award for Best Film, while it was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The Lives of Others cost US$2 million and grossed more than US$77 million worldwide.
Released 17 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, marking the end of the German Democratic Republic, it was the first notable drama film about the subject after a series of comedies such as Good Bye, Lenin! and Sonnenallee. This approach was widely applauded in Germany, and the film was complimented for its accurate tone despite some criticism that Wiesler's character was depicted unrealistically and with undue sympathy. The film's authenticity was considered praiseworthy given that the director grew up outside of East Germany and was 16 when the Berlin Wall fell.