The Lives of Others
  • Title: The Lives of Others
  • Original Title: Das Leben der Anderen
  • Release Date: 23/03/2006
  • Tagline: Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's Secret Police Listened to Your Secrets.
  • Budget: $2,000,000.00
  • Duration:137 Min / 02:17
  • Country:FRDE
  • Genre:DramaThriller

About Film

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.

Movie Rating: 8.03

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portman123
portman123
10/10
Good guys facing tragic circumstances in an interesting period of history. Because you view the main characters lives from the perspective of the morally confused Stasi Officer investigating them, you receive more information than the characters have about their hopeless situation. This makes it all the more tragic to see the suffering they...
Geronimo1967
Geronimo1967
7/10
This isn't so much a thriller as a glaring example of the corrupting power of the state, and of those charged with crafting and implementing it's policies. "Dreyman" (Sebastian Koch) is an East German playwright who is popular with the communist elite because his works manage to extol the virtues of their people's republic. The minister "Hempf"...