The Lives of Others

Germany, 2006

Film

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A tragic love story set in East Berlin with the backdrop of an undercover Stasi controlled culture. Stasi captain Wieler is ordered to follow author Dreyman and plunges deeper and deeper into his life until he reaches the threshold of doubting the system.

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Credits

co-producer

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

producer

Max Wiedemann

Quirin Berg

production company

ARD

Sony Pictures Classics

Duration

02:17:00

Production places
Germany
Production dates
2006

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-582

Language

German

Subject categories

Drama

Thriller

TMDB-Movie

582

Wikidata

Q153882

Collected

66 times

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