DVD
The lives of others = Das leben der Anderen
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN FILMS (CEN)
Languages
German dialogue, English subtitles.
Performers
Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme, Herbert Knuap, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Volkmar Kleinert, Matthias Brenner, Charly Hübner.
Publication Information
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2007.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R; for some sexuality and nudity.
Summary
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 alterior 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.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.
Special features: Interview with director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck; making-of featurette.