
feature · 20062h 17mDEDE
The Lives of Others
Das Leben der Anderen
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.
DramaThriller★ 8.0(4,112)
At a glance
- Director
- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Cinematography
- Hagen Bogdanski
- Editor
- Patricia Rommel
- Music
- Gabriel Yared
- Costume
- Gabriele Binder
Department
Camera
- Hagen BogdanskiDirector of Photographyprimary
Department
Electric / Lighting
- Michael KoschorreckLamp Operatorprimary
- Michael RöskaGafferprimary
- Jürgen RugeLamp Operator
Department
Sound
- Oliver SchnugBoom Operatorprimary
Department
Art Department
- Frank NoackSet Decoratorprimary
Recognition
Awards (1 won, 1 total)
- Status: WONAcademy AwardBest International Feature Film2007Cited source (opens in new tab): [src]
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