The Lives of Others 2006

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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.

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... Martina Gedeck

... Ulrich Mhe

... Sebastian Koch

... Ulrich Tukur

... Thomas Thieme

... HansUwe Bauer

... Volkmar Kleinert

... Matthias Brenner

... Bastian Trost

... Charly Hbner

Release Date:

Mar 15, 2006

Run Time:

137 Min

MMPA Rating:

17

Plot Keywords:

Germany Berlin Germany Berlin Wall Corruption German Democratic Republic Stasi Blackmail Cold War Soviet Union Propaganda Freedom Of Speech Artists Life Spying Government Interrogation Surveillance Heartbreak East Germany Communism Political Thriller Has Trailer Certified Fresh Metacritic Must See East German Car Iron Curtain Peeping Tom Embroidery Suicide By Hanging Year 1984 Suicide Of Colleague Suicide Of Lover Surveillance State November 9 1989 Reference To Erich Honecker Sexual Harrassment Raped In A Car Listening Cheating Girlfriend Government Surveillance Social Control Totalitarian State Theater Production Theater Audience Lie Informer Flash Forward Eavesdropping Detention Center Death Of Girlfriend Comrade Burial Blacklisting Copulation Casual Sex Real Life Parallel Hit By A Bus Cognac Wiretapping Play Within A Film Support Kami Loss Of Friend Typewriter Clandestine East German Culture Observation Listening Device Headphones Suppression Sex Scene Lock Pick Tapped Phone Dissident Female Star Appears Nude Der Spiegel The Newspaper Male Police Officer Party Member Reference To Ludwig Van Beethoven Coercion Underground Resistance Totalitarianism Blacklist Suicide Of Friend Electronic Surveillance East Berlin East Germany Coitus Undressing Uncle Nephew Relationship Travel Permit Transistor Radio State Security Sonata Self Murder Search Warrant Reference To Bertolt Brecht Odor Necktie Microphone Mail Delivery Kitchen Friend Floorplan Champagne Birthday Present Backstage Vodka Jazz Music Joke Limousine Female Nudity Timeframe 1990s Timeframe 1980s Central Europe Female Rear Nudity Stasi House Search 1980s Spy Political Thriller Berlin Wall Secret Police Political Activist Murder Propaganda Sexuality Writer Cold War Innocence Hanging Dying Death Blackmail Prostitute Suicide Germany Police Surveillance Politics Sexual Intercourse Corrupt Politician Rape Sexual Abuse Brunette Police Officer East Berlin Europe F Word Communist East Germany Actress Abuse Of Power Stage Play Redemption Theater Director Male Female Relationship Love Liar Guilt Graveyard Flashback Evidence Crying Conspiracy College Cemetery Breaking And Entering Blood Author Attic Arrest Activist Loner Intimidation Curiosity Cigarette Smoking Cafeteria Book Artist Apartment 1990s Stakeout Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship Shower Remorse Intrigue Darkness Shaved Head Politician Injustice Theater Playwright Interrogation Berlin Germany Cigarette Party Power Police State Subterfuge Despair Change Resistance Wine Underwear Telephone Call Tears Teacher Tape Recording Tape Recorder Student Sleep Deprivation Search Radio Prisoner Piano Pianist Newspaper Neighbor Medication Kiss Friendship Food Following Elevator Drink Drinking Dancing Dancer Children Birthday Binoculars No Opening Credits Socialism Communism Voyeur Bedroom Reference To Vladimir Lenin 2k Blu Ray Inspired By A True Story Sex In A Car Sex On A Chair

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The Lives of Others

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... Martina Gedeck

... Ulrich Mhe

... Sebastian Koch

... Ulrich Tukur

... Thomas Thieme

... HansUwe Bauer

... Volkmar Kleinert

... Matthias Brenner

... Bastian Trost

... Charly Hbner

... Herbert Knaup

... Marie Gruber

... Hinnerk Schnemann

... Thomas Arnold

... Ludwig Blochberger

... Volker Michalowski

... Werner Daehn

... Martin Brambach

... Hubertus Hartmann

... Paul Fanacht

... Paul Maximilian Schller

... Susanna Kraus

... Michael Gerber

... Fabian von Klitzing

... Harald Polzin

... Sheri Hagen

... Gitta Schweighfer

... Hildegard Schroedter

... Inga Birkenfeld

... Jens Wassermann

... Kai Ivo Baulitz

... Anabelle D Munro

... Klaus Mnster

... Gabi Fleming

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