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The Lives of Others (German: Das Leben der Anderen, pronounced [das ˈleːbm̩ deːɐ̯ ˈʔandəʁən] ⓘ) is a 2006 German drama film written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck marking his feature film directorial debut.
Mar 30, 2007 · The Lives of Others: Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. With Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur. 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.
The Lives of Others is a novel by Neel Mukherjee. It was published in 2014 by Chatto & Windus in the UK and W. W. Norton & Company in the US. The novel, the author's second one, was shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize on 9 September 2014.
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. Gerd Wiesler is an officer with the Stasi, the East German secret police.
Jan 9, 2007 · At once a political thriller and human drama, THE LIVES OF OTHERS begins in East Berlin in 1984, five years before Glasnost and the fall of the Berlin Wall and ultimately takes us to 1991, in...
Feb 9, 2007 · In 1983 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler (Ulrich Mühe), doubting that a famous playwright (Sebastian Koch) is loyal to the Communist Party, receives approval to spy on the man...
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In 1984, a Stasi officer's loyalty to the Communists is tested when he becomes engrossed in the private lives of a couple he's spying on. Watch trailers & learn more.
Sep 20, 2007 · Playwright Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch) and his lover Christa-Maria Sieland (Martina Gedeck) are under surveillance in The Lives of Others. He sits like a man taking a hearing test, big headphones clamped over his ears, his body and face frozen, listening for a faraway sound.
The Lives of Others. DRAMA. East Berlin, November 1984: Five years before its downfall, the former East-German government ensured its claim to power with a ruthless system of control and surveillance.
Only a few citizens above suspicion, like renowned pro-Socialist playwright Georg Dreyman, were permitted to lead private lives. But when a corrupt government official falls for Georg's stunning actress-girlfriend, Christa, an ambitious Stasi policeman is ordered to bug the writer's apartment to gain incriminating evidence against the rival.
