Overview - The Lives of Others

Date of release

Genres

  • Drama
  • Thriller

Runtime: 137 minutes

Homepage: The Lives of Others

Budget

$2,000,000.00

Revenue

$77,672,685.00

Spoken Languages

  • Deutsch

Production companies

  • Name: Creado Film

    Production country Germany

  • Name: Wiedemann & Berg Film

    Production country Germany

  • Name: ARTE

    Production country France

  • Name: BR

    Production country Germany

Overview

In 1983 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.

Cast

  • Name: Martina Gedeck

    Character: Christa-Maria Sieland

    Popularity: 0.5367

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  • Name: Ulrich Mühe

    Character: Gerd Wiesler

    Popularity: 0.6834

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  • Name: Sebastian Koch

    Character: Georg Dreyman

    Popularity: 0.4732

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  • Name: Ulrich Tukur

    Character: Anton Grubitz

    Popularity: 0.374

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  • Name: Thomas Thieme

    Character: Bruno Hempf

    Popularity: 0.2649

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  • Name: Hans-Uwe Bauer

    Character: Paul Hauser

    Popularity: 0.416

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  • Name: Volkmar Kleinert

    Character: Albert Jerska

    Popularity: 0.229

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  • Name: Matthias Brenner

    Character: Karl Wallner

    Popularity: 0.1777

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