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The Lives of Others

In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the Stasi secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

2006 |2h 17m |  Drama, Thriller

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Cast

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Martina Gedeck

Christa-Maria Sieland

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Ulrich Mühe

Gerd Wiesler

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Sebastian Koch

Georg Dreyman

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Ulrich Tukur

Anton Grubitz

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Thomas Thieme

Bruno Hempf

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Hans-Uwe Bauer

Paul Hauser

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Volkmar Kleinert

Albert Jerska

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Matthias Brenner

Karl Wallner

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Charly Hübner

Udo

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Herbert Knaup

Gregor Hessenstein

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Bastian Trost

Häftling 227

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Marie Gruber

Frau Meineke

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Volker Michalowski

Schriftexperte

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Werner Daehn

Einsatzleiter in Uniform

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Hinnerk Schönemann

Axel Stigler

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Thomas Arnold

Nowack

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Ludwig Blochberger

Benedikt Lehmann

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Martin Brambach

Einsatzleiter Meyer

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Hubertus Hartmann

Egon Schwalber

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Paul Faßnacht

Onkel Frank Hauser

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Paul Maximilian Schüller

Junge mit Ball

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Susanna Kraus

Andrea

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Michael Gerber

Zahnarzt Dr. Czimmy

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Fabian von Klitzing

Tagesschausprecher

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Harald Polzin

Wächter

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Sheri Hagen

'Martha' 1991

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Gitta Schweighöfer

'Anja' 1984

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Hildegard Schroedter

'Elena' 1984

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Inga Birkenfeld

'Elena' 1991 / BStU-Mitarbeiterin

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Jens Wassermann

'Rolf' Andi Wenzke-Falkenau

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Kai Ivo Baulitz

Buchverkäufer

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Anabelle D. Munro

Theatre Actress (uncredited)

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Klaus Münster

Erich Mielke (voice) (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

German

Budget

$2,000,000.00

Revenue

$70,000,000.00