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The lives of others / a film by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck ; with Wiedemann and Berg Filmproduktion ; im Verleih der Buena Vista International ; in Coproduktion mit Bayerischer Rundfunk, Arte, Creado Film ; produzenten, Quirin Berg, Max Wiedemann ; buch und regie, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Germany (East). Ministerium für Staatssicherheit--Drama.
- Germany (East).
- Germany (East). Ministerium für Staatssicherheit.
- Secret service--Germany--Drama.
- Secret service.
- Police patrol--Germany--Berlin--Surveillance operations--Drama.
- Police patrol.
- Dramatists--Drama.
- Dramatists.
- Blacklisting of entertainers.
- Dissenters.
- Germany--Berlin.
- Germany.
- Actresses--Drama.
- Actresses.
- Dissenters--Drama.
- Blacklisting of entertainers--Germany--Berlin--Drama.
- Berlin (Germany)--Drama.
- Berlin (Germany).
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Motion pictures, German.
- Streaming video.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (137 min.) : digital, sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : Mongrel Media, 2006.
- Language Note:
- In German with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- Content available as downloadable file or streaming video.
- digital
- streaming video file
- 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 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.
- Participant:
- Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Muhe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Herbert Knaup.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Hagen Bogdanski ; editor, Patricia Rommel ; music, Gabriel Yared, Stephane Moucha ; costume designer, Gabriele Binder ; production designer, Silke Buhr.
- Notes:
- Academy Awards, 2007: Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
- Vancouver International Film Festival, 2006: Most Popular Film
- Originally distributed as a motion picture by Mongrel Media, 2006.
- Title from distributor's web site (viewed April 25, 2015).
- OCLC:
- 1022119552
- Publisher Number:
- MON1187
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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