The Lives of Others (2006)

Cast

Sebastian Koch
as Georg Dreyman
Martina Gedeck
as
Ulrich Mühe
as Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler
Ulrich Tukur
as Oberstleutnant Anton Grubitz

Get more information about The Lives of Others (2006) on IMDb

Genres & Description

Drama Thriller

8.4 / 10

Gerd Wiesler is an officer with the Stasi, the East German secret police. The film begins in 1984 when Wiesler attends a play

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Comments on this trailer
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Mai Mohamed

Wow I'm going to watch this😍💪 - @Thursday, May 24, 2018 6:21 PM

Lance Hewison

Ich fand diesen Film einfach toll. Traurig, dass der Schauspieler Ulrich Mühe kurz nach dem Film gestorben ist. Ein tolles auftreten auf jeden Fall. RIP. - @Wednesday, February 14, 2018 1:13 PM

constitutionfst

The analog version of facebook, google and twitter. Wake up sheeple. Take the red pill. - @Tuesday, January 16, 2018 1:32 PM

Carl Walton

I'll have to get round to watching this. I you like German & Polish movies Watch these "German" The Edukators, The Counterfeiters (Based on actually events), If Not Us, Who? (Based on actually events) , The Baader-Meinhof Complex (Based on actually events) . "Polish" Katyn (Based on actually events) ..... - @Thursday, January 4, 2018 10:42 PM

Lost PJ

I guess it's a dystopia from the perspective of the Dystopian Government - @Thursday, November 23, 2017 3:56 AM

james m

Facebook,Amazon,& Google used this film as inspiration - @Sunday, November 19, 2017 3:02 PM

F dL

Well the actress was in a really bad position. Ugh, she even had to have sex with that dirty old man. - @Saturday, October 21, 2017 8:24 PM

Sai Mir

Excellent movie, hard hitting, thought provoking, mostly very sad but at least some redemption for one of the protagonists. Seems incredible that not so long ago, this part of Germany had embraced the darkest side of communism so wholeheartedly. For me personally it rings so very tragically true and familiar being old enough to clearly recall life in communist Albania. If you appreciate movies with depth and historical insight, do not miss this one. - @Thursday, August 24, 2017 7:07 AM

denmark555

Such a profound movie, which highlights how far gone government's must be today with their ability to spy on us. - @Wednesday, August 23, 2017 4:11 PM

Honesty Lowkeye

Nice trailer. Do you think American audiences will catch Polio if they hear someone speaking a language that isn't English? - @Thursday, August 10, 2017 7:25 PM

Tony Branco

My life as a targeted individual is very similar to those affected by East German Stasi surveillance. Fuck white gringos in Canada. - @Saturday, August 5, 2017 12:28 PM

Keii Eii

cat got their tongues? - @Thursday, February 16, 2017 4:01 PM

keramys

hd my ass!!! - @Wednesday, November 9, 2016 8:27 PM

Carl Scott

Shame on you if you let the language barrier and a so-so trailer keep you from watching one of the film masterpieces of our time, and perhaps the greatest poetic witness to the evil of communism since The GULAG Archipelago. And for those of you who already know its greatness, please check our book on the film: https://www.amazon.com/Totalitarianism-Screen-Politics-Lives-Others/dp/0813144981/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1472058665&sr=1-1 - @Wednesday, August 24, 2016 5:37 PM

Ronald Schwartz

.This movie should be shown in every 11th and 12th grade class in the country. It is an important piece of work. The .filmakers have done a great job. - @Sunday, April 24, 2016 6:09 PM

axelle32

This movie's supposed to be great, but terrible job at making a trailer. I thought I'd finally watch it right now, but after seeing this trailer, I don't want to anymore. Good job... - @Sunday, January 31, 2016 6:53 PM

K 00

I watched this to see if they spoke in English, massive fail... - @Wednesday, December 16, 2015 6:34 PM

Johnny B Perkins

Any rating from LA times....enough said. - @Wednesday, October 28, 2015 4:54 AM

Dillinger R.

What a fantastic movie, if you like movie you should out the IMDB for it, there's some stuff there like this here:All the listening/recording props used in the film are actual Stasi equipment on loan from museums and collectors. The props master had himself spent two years in a Stasi prison and insisted upon absolute authenticity down to the machine used at the end of the film to steam-open up to 600 letters per hour. - @Friday, October 9, 2015 10:55 AM

MarshfieldStudios

Some of the quotes in this trailer are strange, I wouldn't personally call a film 'an absolute masterpiece' and then rate it 4 *s - @Thursday, September 24, 2015 8:17 PM

GanjaBear29

Great shit trailer. Saw nothing but faces. - @Saturday, August 15, 2015 9:59 AM

z e n z e n y o k u n a i

A more comical, yet eye opening movie taking place in East Germany that I would definitely recommend is Goodbye Lenin! - @Monday, April 6, 2015 4:02 PM

Gia Boco

Stannis Baratheon can speak German? - @Wednesday, February 18, 2015 3:46 PM

TheGlitzieGirl1

Just caught up with it on BBC2 - what an incredible film! - @Saturday, September 27, 2014 2:32 PM

Gilbert De Bruycker

Films like "The Lives of Others," which indicate that many were coerced into spying on friends and neighbors, don't come close to plumbing the depths that some ultimately fall to. Friends informed voluntarily on friends and spouses even tattled on each other. More often than not, the Stasi did not need to apply pressure at all. In fact, many often felt snubbed if their information was deemed to be of no interest. The real motivation behind these acts of betrayal was much more humdrum than one might think. People informed for personal gain, out of loyalty to the East German regime, or simply because they wanted to feel like they had some power, - @Thursday, August 21, 2014 11:23 AM

Jorge Luís

Already saw, but I completely forgot this movie, just remember to have found it extremely boring! Who knows, one day, it will get a second chance... - @Monday, June 16, 2014 7:47 PM

jamdc2000

so, 480p was HD back in 2009? Great movie though. - @Monday, June 16, 2014 4:02 AM

edeaveide

i dont believe it. this film i dont like. I can not believe turnover in the behavior of the guy from the repressive forces. - @Friday, May 23, 2014 6:06 PM

SubwooferDILDO

This is clearly a western film. The idea that a Stasi agent's personality changed by spying on someone is completely ridiculous. Many Stasi agents were not affected by what they saw, in fact I haven't heard of a real life Stasi agent who was like Wiesler unless someone can prove me wrong. - @Monday, March 17, 2014 2:29 PM

sartina3

A masterpiece,indeed! - @Friday, March 7, 2014 9:32 PM

LostInThought

HD my ass. Great movie though, just a misleading title. - @Sunday, February 2, 2014 5:28 AM

Jaikee Berlin

To make it clear, this could happen to every single country on the planet. You people better watch out! Greetings from Berlin. - @Thursday, August 29, 2013 11:05 PM

Montague Withnail

I am originally from the GDR and I.miss the place. no unemployment, no racism, no drug problems. we took it for granted. Socialism is the only solution to capitalist crisis - @Wednesday, August 21, 2013 7:57 PM

uetzel

i think germans would type the german name of the movie into the search bar - @Sunday, July 21, 2013 12:55 AM

inkoverconclusion

I had a discussion with my AP European History class a few months ago about civil liberties. Luckily, many of us students who had studied Europe's tribulations agreed that it was our duty to uphold those liberties even at the risk of danger. The students of my other classes disagreed. We are growing up in post-9/11 America, where freedom is not the all-encompassing idea it once was. Americans nowadays commonly believe in partial liberty with the benefit of *possible* safety. We are ignorant now. - @Tuesday, July 2, 2013 2:45 AM

Benjie Wales

most? - @Sunday, June 23, 2013 10:12 AM

Jayden Illman

In Australia, 576p (European equivalent of 480p) is legally HD. Caused some outcry amongst TV watchers here until they turned HD off. Now we don't even have that. - @Saturday, June 1, 2013 12:16 PM

vladimirhtg

.....I've had a lot of young western Germans speak with me knowledgeably about times in the east. They're not ignorant. - @Friday, May 31, 2013 4:15 AM

Doc Moaz

HD my dick - @Monday, May 13, 2013 12:57 PM

Augsburger

one of my favorite movies! the best ending of all time!! - @Sunday, April 28, 2013 6:19 PM

Joshua Eberlein

This is probably my favourite movie - @Wednesday, April 24, 2013 11:33 PM

Nolan Swadds

The worst thing is that this puppet state of pathetic communist bureaucrats did exist. It's hard to explain even to young Germans that this is not science fiction. This state of crime, mass terror, police micromanagement and repression did exist. People died in police custody. People gave away their neighbours. No deviation from the party line was allowed for anyone. - @Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:28 PM

SteinbrecherBack

So what you're saying is that someone not agreeing with you two half-wits, when you're saying a democratically elected official is some sort of Hitler, is by default a wannabe dictator. Thankis for validating my point about your brainless fascism. - @Sunday, March 17, 2013 6:42 AM

Zoltan Hegyi

u know everything,of course! u are the smartest smartass this planet ever seen.I don't even know what are u doing in here,u should rule a country or something... - @Sunday, March 17, 2013 3:02 AM

SteinbrecherBack

So when you say it got worde under Obama, you mean you're living in a autocratic, authoritarian regime - because that's the next step. Of course, since you have no actual idea what any political term means, as do all FOXNews viewers, "Communism", "Authoritarian regime" and "Nazi" are just swear words you apply to anyone you don't like personally. I know your type and I know you won't listen to reason. Therefore: Go fuck yourself, dickhead. - @Friday, March 15, 2013 7:50 AM

Jannah M

I haven't seen this, but I have a deep fascination with the DDR so will certainly have to check it out. - @Thursday, February 21, 2013 11:51 PM

SteinbrecherBack

Yeah, right... little hint: In the last 20 years, the US were defined by political scientists as a defunct democracy (i.e. something like Russia) during the presidency of only one guy - George W. Bush. And rightly so. - @Tuesday, February 5, 2013 5:33 PM

SteinbrecherBack

I'd suspect that's because you're probably one of the brainless idiots who can't watch anything if there isn't an explosion every five seconds, you sub-proletarian half-wit. - @Tuesday, February 5, 2013 5:31 PM

MonteCarlo VA

it doesnt need to be HD if there is no option for it lol, look how good quality video is. - @Thursday, January 31, 2013 4:10 PM

MaxRoudriges

great movie. - @Thursday, January 10, 2013 11:07 AM