The Lives of Others/ Das Leben der Anderen Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's Secret Police Listened to Your Secrets. Release date: 2006-03-23 Genres: Drama, Thriller Actors: Ulrich Tukur, Werner Daehn, Matthias Brenner, Hildegard Schroedter, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Paul Faßnacht, Martin Brambach, Klaus Münster, Charly Hübner, Thomas Thieme, Sebastian Koch, Martina Gedeck, Marie Gruber, Hubertus Hartmann, Herbert Knaup, Ulrich Mühe, Inga Birkenfeld, Thomas Arnold, Ludwig Blochberger, Harald Polzin, Sheri Hagen, Anabelle D. Munro, Kai Ivo Baulitz, Gitta Schweighöfer, Hinnerk Schönemann, Michael Gerber, Volkmar Kleinert, Volker Michalowski, Fabian von Klitzing, Paul Maximilian Schüller, Susanna Kraus, Bastian Trost, Gabi Fleming, Jens Wassermann Budget: $2,000,000Revenue: $77,672,685 Runtime: 2 h. 17 min. Score: 8.0/10 Votes: 3,853 Countries: Germany, France Companies: Creado Film, Wiedemann & Berg Film, ARTE, BR Available* : Overview: 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.
