Drama · Thriller
The Lives of Others
Avg rating 8.6 / My rating TBC
2006 · Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck · With Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch
Film info
- Runtime
- 2h 17m · 137 min
- IMDb
- 8.4 / 10 (440,932 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 92% (critics)
- Metacritic
- 89 / 100
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (audience, 4,289 votes)
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About this film
In 1984 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.
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