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The Lives of Others

Duration: 2 hours, 17 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Award-winning political thriller set in 1980s East Germany. Captain Wiesler works for the Stasi, the secret police, and is asked to keep surveillance on a playwright, Georg Dreyman, whose loyalty to the party is under question. During the surveillance Weisler is slowly drawn into Georg's life and begins to question his own ideals. Show less

Contributors

Christa-Maria Sieland:
Martina Gedeck
Captain Gerd Wiesler:
Ulrich Muhe
Georg Dreyman:
Sebastian Koch
Lieutenant Colonel Anton Grubitz:
Ulrich Tukur
Minister Bruno Hempf:
Thomas Thieme
Paul Hauser:
Hans-Uwe Bauer
Gregor Hessenstein:
Herbert Knaup
Albert Jerska:
Volkmar Kleinert
Karl Wallner:
Matthias Brenner
Detainee 227:
Bastian Trost
Frau Meineke:
Marie Gruber
Producer:
Quirin Berg
Producer:
Max Wiedemann
Composer:
Gabriel Yared
Director of photography:
Hagen Bogdanski

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