The Lives of Others

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
2006-03-23

Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's Secret Police Listened to Your Secrets.
8
137 min

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

Cast

Name Character Team
Martina Gedeck Christa-Maria Sieland Unowned
Ulrich Mühe Gerd Wiesler Unowned
Sebastian Koch Georg Dreyman Unowned
Ulrich Tukur Anton Grubitz Unowned
Thomas Thieme Bruno Hempf Unowned
Hans-Uwe Bauer Paul Hauser Unowned
Volkmar Kleinert Albert Jerska Unowned
Matthias Brenner Karl Wallner Unowned
Charly Hübner Udo Unowned
Herbert Knaup Gregor Hessenstein Unowned
Bastian Trost Häftling 227 Unowned
Marie Gruber Frau Meineke Unowned
Volker Michalowski Schriftexperte Unowned
Werner Daehn Einsatzleiter in Uniform Unowned
Hinnerk Schönemann Axel Stigler Unowned
Thomas Arnold Nowack Unowned
Ludwig Blochberger Benedikt Lehmann Unowned
Martin Brambach Einsatzleiter Meyer Unowned
Hubertus Hartmann Egon Schwalber Unowned
Paul Faßnacht Onkel Frank Hauser Unowned
Paul Maximilian Schüller Junge mit Ball Unowned
Susanna Kraus Andrea Unowned
Michael Gerber Zahnarzt Dr. Czimmy Unowned
Fabian von Klitzing Tagesschausprecher Unowned
Harald Polzin Wächter Unowned
Sheri Hagen 'Martha' 1991 Unowned
Gitta Schweighöfer 'Anja' 1984 Unowned
Hildegard Schroedter 'Elena' 1984 Unowned
Inga Birkenfeld 'Elena' 1991 / BStU-Mitarbeiterin Unowned
Jens Wassermann 'Rolf' Andi Wenzke-Falkenau Unowned
Gabi Fleming Prostitute Unowned
Kai Ivo Baulitz Buchverkäufer Unowned
Anabelle D. Munro Theatre Actress (uncredited) Unowned
Klaus Münster Erich Mielke (voice) (uncredited) Unowned