Other author/creator | Henckel von Donnersmarck, Florian, 1973- screenwriter, director, producer. |
Other author/creator | Hamm, Dirk, producer. |
Other author/creator | Berg, Quirin producer. |
Other author/creator | Wiedemann, Max producer. |
Other author/creator | Yared, Gabriel composer. |
Other author/creator | Moucha, Stéphane, 1968- composer. |
Other author/creator | Gedeck, Martina actor. |
Other author/creator | Mühe, Ulrich, 1953-2007 actor. |
Other author/creator | Koch, Sebastian, 1962- actor. |
Other author/creator | Tukur, Ulrich, 1957- actor. |
Other author/creator | Thieme, Thomas, 1949- actor. |
Other author/creator | Bauer, Hans-Uwe, 1955- actor. |
Other author/creator | Knaup, Herbert, 1956- actor. |
Other author/creator | Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion. |
Other author/creator | Buena Vista International Film Productions. |
Other author/creator | Bayerischer Rundfunk. |
Other author/creator | Arte (Firm) |
Other author/creator | Creado Film. |
Other author/creator | Sony Pictures Classics (Firm) |
Other author/creator | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) |
Variant title |
Das Leben der Anderen |
Abstract |
A 1984 East Berlin simple surveillance assignment: Capt. Gerd Wiesler, a Stasi officer and a specialist in surveillance, has been assigned to keep an eye on Georg Dreyman, a respected playwright, and his actress girlfriend, Christa-Maria Sieland. Though Dreyman is known to associate with blacklisted director Albert Jerska, a known dissident, Dreyman's record is spotless. Wiesler discovers that Minister Hempf has an ulterior motive in spying on this seemingly upright citizen. Wiesler's sympathies shift from the government to its people - or at least to this one particular person. |
General note | Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006. |
General note | Special features: optional audio commentary by Von Donnersmarck (in English); interview with Von Donnersmarck (in English, 30 min.); making-of featurette (in German with English subtitles, 19 min.); 7 deleted scenes, with optional audio commentary by Von Donnersmarck (in English). |
General note | "Sony Pictures Classics"--Container. |
Credits | Director of photography, Hagen Bogdanski ; editor, Patricia Rommel ; music, Gabriel Yared, Stéphane Moucha ; costume designer, Gabriele Binder ; production designer, Silke Buhr. |
Cast |
Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Herbert Knaup. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for some sexuality and nudity. |
Technical details | DVD. |
Language | In German with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles. |
Awards note | Academy Awards, 2007: Best Foreign Language Film of the Year. |
Genre/form | Motion pictures, German. |
Genre/form | Foreign films Germany. |
Genre/form | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
Genre/form | Feature films. |
ISBN | 1424837421 |
ISBN | 9781424837427 |
UPC |
043396170858 |
Publisher number | 17085 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |