Project Author: Hakura
June 23, 2025
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
Creado Film, Wiedemann & Berg Film, ARTE, BR
The Lives of Others
Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's Secret Police Listened to Your Secrets.
Genre:
Drama, Thriller
Runtime:
137
Released:
2006
Rating:
8.0
Budget:
Box Office:
WRITERS
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
FILM OVERVIEW
The Lives of Others
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.
DIRECTOR
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
GALLERY
PRODUCTION TEAM
Max Wiedemann (Producer)
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Screenplay)
Quirin Berg (Producer)
Simone Bär (Casting)
Hagen Bogdanski (Director of Photography)
Gabriel Yared (Original Music Composer)
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Director)
Patricia Rommel (Editor)
Stéphane Moucha (Original Music Composer)
Claudia Gladziejewski (Co-Producer)
CAST MEMBERS
Martina Gedeck
Ulrich Mühe
Sebastian Koch
Ulrich Tukur
Thomas Thieme
Hans-Uwe Bauer
Volkmar Kleinert
Matthias Brenner
Charly Hübner
Herbert Knaup
MORE PRODUCTION
Andreas Schreitmüller (Co-Producer), Monika Lobkowicz (Co-Producer), Silke Buhr (Production Design), Gabriele Binder (Costume Design), Sabine Schumann (Makeup Artist), Eva Claudius (ADR & Dubbing), Christoph von Schönburg (Sound Designer), Thomas Duchnicki (Location Scout), Detlef Halaski (ADR & Dubbing), Frank Noack (Set Decoration), João Da Costa Pinto (Foley), Martin Zillger (Location Scout), Arno Wilms (Sound mixer), Annett Schulze (Makeup Artist), Hans Seck (Special Effects), Christiane Rothe (Art Direction), Olivia Retzer (Assistant Editor), Tom Sternitzke (Production Manager), Sylvain Coutandin (Post Production Assistant), Jörn Poetzl (Foley), Hubertus Rath (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Philipp Sellier (Foley), Oliver Schnug (Boom Operator), Hagen Keller (Still Photographer), Michael Röska (Gaffer), Michael Koschorreck (Lighting Technician), Alister Mazzotti (Stunts), Jürgen Ruge (Lighting Technician), Christine Haupt (Production Coordinator), Sally Steele (Publicist), Eva Simonet (Publicist), Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Co-Producer), Dirk Hamm (Co-Producer)
MORE CAST
Bastian Trost, Marie Gruber, Volker Michalowski, Werner Daehn, Hinnerk Schönemann, Thomas Arnold, Ludwig Blochberger, Martin Brambach, Hubertus Hartmann, Paul Faßnacht, Paul Maximilian Schüller, Susanna Kraus, Michael Gerber, Fabian von Klitzing, Harald Polzin, Sheri Hagen, Gitta Schweighöfer, Hildegard Schroedter, Inga Birkenfeld, Jens Wassermann, Gabi Fleming, Kai Ivo Baulitz, Anabelle D. Munro, Klaus Münster
