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The Lives of Others

Das Leben der Anderen

2006 18+ 2 hours 17 min.

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

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

oscar

Oscar

2007

Best foreign language film of the year

bafta

British Film Academy

2008

Best foreign language film

cesar

Cesar

2008

Best foreign language film

efa

European Film Academy

2006

Best movie

Best actor

Ulrich Mühe

Best screenplay

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

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Countries:

Germany France

Genres:

Thriller Drama Detective

Properties:

complex dramatic sentimental realistic slow cruel ambiguous

Director:

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Ratings:

1000 Greatest Movies #528
1000 main films of the 21st century #51

Screenwriter:

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Producers:

Quirin Berg Max Wiedemann Claudia Gladziejewski Dirk Hamm Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Monika Lobkowicz Andreas Schreitmüller Hubert von Spreti

Camerman:

Hagen Bogdanski

Music:

Stephane Moucha Gabriel Yared

Studios:

ARD ARTE BR Wiedemann & Berg Film Beta Cinema Sony Pictures Classics Buena Vista International (Germany) GmbH Creado Film

Premiere: 15 March 2006

In russia: 19 July 2007

Budget:$2 000 000

Competitions:

Golden Globes

2007

NOMINATIONS

Best foreign language film

Felix Awards Georges

Georges

2008

NOMINATIONS

Best low-budget/arthouse film

Oscar

2007

Best foreign language film of the year

British Film Academy

2008

Best foreign language film

NOMINATIONS

Best movie

Best original screenplay

Best actor

Ulrich Mühe

Best director

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Cesar

2008

Best foreign language film

European Film Academy

2006

	Best movie
	Best actor Ulrich Mühe
	Best screenplay Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

NOMINATIONS

Best actress

Martina Gedeck

Best composer

Stephane Moucha

Best director

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Tags:

writer stasis propaganda Germany actress East Germany playwright informant observation gdros 1984 secret police refuge children love spy theater communism college artist joke politics politician blackmail rape murder socialism Female nudity Large breasts student theatrical production author Strength resistance relationship between girl and guy German Berlin Germany suicide police cold war Life east Berlin east Germany neighbor communist 1980s conspiracy friendship Europe Male nudity prostitute teacher Woman evidence prisoner shower radio 1990s change voyeurism apartment theatre director friend voyeur coitus Female breasts piano funeral party east Berlin intrigue death hanging excuse dissident bedroom book arrest key wine microphone dying theatrical production cognac treatment despair Cigarette curiosity loner headphones copulation eavesdropping Oscar Award 2007 bafta award British Academy 2008 Cesar Award 2008 European Film Academy Award 2006 activist repentance liar food attic policeman champagne totalitarianism binoculars scent tape recorder coercion cafeteria newspaper kitchen Kiss suppression interrogation hearing pianist dancing limousine secret Undressing vodka tie injustice darkness surveillance dancer drink behind the scenes persecution blood embroidery crying lie innocence tears elevator comrade cemetery search intimidation Brunette (brunette) cheating on girlfriend police officer mention of Lenin suicide of a friend Sexual intercourse recording to tape political activist play in film phone shaved head public control mail delivery corrupt politician phone call no credits at the beginning of the film Smoking cigarettes political thriller atonement iron curtain underground resistance breaking and entering death of a friend Breast weasel sleep deprivation underwear listening device feeling of guilt police state typewriter place of detention Berlin Wall totalitarian state transistor radio receiver jazz music German Democratic Republic search warrant hit by bus theater audience tapped phone blacklist loss of a friend birthday abuse of power Naked male (back view) Female nudity (front view) relations between men and women Naked woman (back view) wiretapping drinking alcohol uncle-nephew relationship placement on blacklist Flashback Bed scene Flashforward suicide by hanging Theatre Director sex sexuality sexual violence casual sex birthday gift sex in a car sex on a chair

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Cast:

Ulrich Mühe Sebastian Koch Martina Gedeck Ulrich Tukur Thomas Thieme Hans-Uwe Bauer Volkmar Kleinert Matthias Brenner Charly Hubner Herbert Knaup Michael Gerber Hinnerk Schonemann Thomas Arnold Martin Brambach Bastian Trost Paul Faßnacht Werner Daehn Ludwig Blochberger Marie Gruber Gitta Schweighöfer Inga Birkenfeld Volker Michalowski Hubertus Hartmann Hildegard Schroedter Klaus Münster Kai Ivo Baulitz Anabelle D. Munro Philipp Kewenig Gabi Fleming Charlene Beck Paul Maximilian Schüller Harald Polzin Sheri Hagen Fabian von Klitzing Ralf Ehrlich Susanna Kraus Jens Wassermann Elja-Dusa Kedves Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky Manfred Ludwig Sextett

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14 June 2020 9 Very good film, the word "quality" fits. As for the story, we are all very familiar with it. I hope that after watching the number of nostalgic for the Union will decrease.
	Denisque 4

28 December 2020 4 Another film, where the Navigator promised 8 out of 10.. and again past.. no, it is also boring, boring, long movie... could not stand for half an hour (((()))
	Vladimir 1 1

04 March 2024 10 He studied with students from the GDR, communicated... I know how scared they were of the Stasi. .
	Aleksandr Lazarev 2

09 November 2025 8 Beautifully shot, the metamorphosis of the main character is played perfectly, the very atmosphere of that time is accurately conveyed. I don't know if a couple of years after the fall of the wall, you could actually read all your files and even find out the name and address of the agent who led you. .
	nata... 1

27 September 2025 10 Awesome picture! Funny from the first minute. The atmosphere, the music, the mood - all very precisely selected.
	Xi-1 1

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