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