The Lives of Others

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

137 mins
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.

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

Herbert Knaup

Gregor Hessenstein

Bastian Trost

Häftling 227

Marie Gruber

Frau Meineke

Volker Michalowski

Schriftexperte

Werner Daehn

Einsatzleiter in Uniform

Ludwig Blochberger

Benedikt Lehmann

Martin Brambach

Einsatzleiter Meyer

Hubertus Hartmann

Egon Schwalber

Paul Faßnacht

Onkel Frank Hauser

Michael Gerber

Zahnarzt Dr. Czimmy

Fabian von Klitzing

Tagesschausprecher

Sheri Hagen

'Martha' 1991

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)

Hagen Bogdanski

Director of Photography

Gabriel Yared

Original Music Composer

Stéphane Moucha

Original Music Composer

Quirin Berg

Producer

Monika Lobkowicz

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

Detlef Halaski

ADR & Dubbing

Hubertus Rath

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Oliver Schnug

Boom Operator

Arno Wilms

Sound mixer

Hans Seck

Special Effects

Michael Koschorreck

Lighting Technician

Hagen Keller

Still Photographer

Jürgen Ruge

Lighting Technician

Sylvain Coutandin

Post Production Assistant

Olivia Retzer

Assistant Editor

Thomas Duchnicki

Location Scout

Christine Haupt

Production Coordinator

Sally Steele

Publicist

Martin Zillger

Location Scout

Eva Simonet

Publicist

Dirk Hamm

Co-Producer

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