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The Lives of Others

Das Leben der Anderen

20062h 17mDrama · Thriller
directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

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

8.8 / 10 Compare with…17 stills

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My score
8.8 / 10
TMDB
8 / 10
4,152 votes
IMDb
8.4 / 10
440,932 votes
Metacritic
89 / 100
Rotten Tomatoes
92%

The scorecard 8.8 / 10

Content 4.2 Form 4.6
CONTENT · 4.2 Originality4Character4Continuity5Suspense4Message4FORM · 4.6 Acting5Cinematography4Sound4Directing5Design5Overall8.8 / 10
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Synopsis

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.

Cast

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

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