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The Lives of Others

In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

Director

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Year

Genre

drama, mystery, thriller

Box Office

$11,286,112

Production

N/A

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 80 wins & 38 nominations total

Christa-Maria Sieland

Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler

Georg Dreyman

Oberstleutnant Anton Grubitz

Minister Bruno Hempf

Paul Hauser

Albert Jerska

Volkmar Kleinert

Karl Wallner

Matthias Brenner

Udo

Gregor Hessenstein

Häftling 227

Frau Meineke

Schriftexperte

Einsatzleiter in Uniform

Einsatzleiter Meyer

Martin Brambach

Egon Schwalber

Hubertus Hartmann

Nowack

Unterleutnant Axel Stigler

Hinnerk Schönemann

Onkel Frank Hauser

Benedikt Lehmann

Ludwig Blochberger

Junge mit Ball

Paul Maximilian Schüller

Andrea

Prostituierte 'Ute'

Zahnarzt Dr. Czimmy

Tagesschausprecher

Fabian von Klitzing

Wächter

'Martha' 1991

'Anja' 1984

Gitta Schweighöfer

'Anja' 1991

Elja-Dusa Kedves

'Elena' 1984

Hildegard Schroedter

'Elena' 1991

Inga Birkenfeld

Christas Verhafter

Philipp Kewenig

'Rolf' Andi Wenzke-Falkenau

Jens Wassermann

Bandleader

Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky

Band

Manfred Ludwig Sextett

Buchverkäufer

Kai Ivo Baulitz

cubanische Schülerin

Kollege in der Stasi-Kantine

Theatre Actress

Anabelle D. Munro

Erich Mielke

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Walk on. - The Lives of Others

Hands under your thighs palms downWhat do you have to tell usI've done nothingI know nothingYou've done nothing know nothingYou think we imprison people on a whimNoIf you think our humanistic system capable of such a thingthat alone would justify your - The Lives of Others

Hands under your thighs palms downWhat do you have to tell...

Why keep him awake for so long? - The Lives of Others

Why keep him awake for so long?

An innocent prisoner will become more angry by the hourdue to the injustice suffered He will shout and rageA guilty prisoner becomes more calm and quietOr he criesHe knows he's there for a reasonThe best way to establish guilt or innocenceis non stop - The Lives of Others

An innocent prisoner will become more angry by the hourdue...

Do you notice anything about his statementIt's the same as at the beginningExactly the same Word for wordPeople who tell the truth can re formulate things and they doA liar has prepared sentenceswhich he falls back on when under pressure - The Lives of Others

Do you notice anything about his statementIt's the same...

Who was the person who helped him flee? - The Lives of Others

Who was the person who helped him flee?

Does anyone know what that isIt's the odor sample for the dogsIt must be collected at every interrogation Never forget itYour subjects are enemies of socialismNever forget that - The Lives of Others

Does anyone know what that isIt's the odor sample for...

It's the odor sample for the dogs. - The Lives of Others

It's the odor sample for the dogs.

Your subjects are enemies of socialism. - The Lives of Others

Your subjects are enemies of socialism.

You remember how we sat there 20 years ago? - The Lives of Others

You remember how we sat there 20 years ago?

They've offered me a professorship. - The Lives of Others

They've offered me a professorship.

Minister Hempf at 1:00. - The Lives of Others

Minister Hempf at 1:00.

Georg Dreyman, the writer. - The Lives of Others

Georg Dreyman, the writer.

-What's wrong, my child? - The Lives of Others

-What's wrong, my child?

Elena! Go home and mourn. I'll finish your shift. - The Lives of Others

Elena! Go home and mourn. I'll finish your shift.

Did you like it? - The Lives of Others

Did you like it?

I hear a lot about your work. - The Lives of Others

I hear a lot about your work.

What do you make of himOf Georg DreymanMaybeMaybe whatMaybe he's not as clean as he seemsGrubitzThat's why you and I are on topYour average Stasi chump would have saidOne of our best So loyal etc But we can see moreYou're heading to the very top - The Lives of Others

What do you make of himOf Georg DreymanMaybeMaybe whatMaybe...

Maybe... Maybe what? - The Lives of Others

Maybe... Maybe what?

Maybe he's not as clean as he seems. - The Lives of Others

Maybe he's not as clean as he seems.

But if you get something on him, you'll have a good friend in the Central Committee. - The Lives of Others

But if you get something on him, you'll have a good...

What's he doing here, anyway? - The Lives of Others

What's he doing here, anyway?

I can't let the evening pass without raising a toast to our artists. - The Lives of Others

I can't let the evening pass without raising a toast to...

I can't recall who it was once saidWriters are engineers of the soulSo Georg Dreyman is one of our country's greatest engineers - The Lives of Others

I can't recall who it was once saidWriters are...

-What charming bedfellows you have. - The Lives of Others

-What charming bedfellows you have.

Someone like him doesn't even deserve to address you. - The Lives of Others

Someone like him doesn't even deserve to address you.

And now something for the soul... - The Lives of Others

And now something for the soul...

-How did you like my speech? - The Lives of Others

-How did you like my speech?

If you're going to talk politics I'll find another dance partner - The Lives of Others

If you're going to talk politics I'll find another...

-I follow our theater with interest. - The Lives of Others

-I follow our theater with interest.

He could work for any theater in the West. - The Lives of Others

He could work for any theater in the West.

Comrade Hempf, just between us, my plays are not strong enough to survive Schwalber's direction. - The Lives of Others

Comrade Hempf, just between us, my plays are not strong...

How is he, by the way? - The Lives of Others

How is he, by the way?

He hopes that his blackThat he can work again soonIs he right in hoping Of course he isAs long as he lives and even longerBecause as you know Dreyman hope always dies last - The Lives of Others

He hopes that his blackThat he can work again soonIs he...

-Is he right in hoping? - The Lives of Others

-Is he right in hoping?

...and land for chicken farmers, but used in an efficient way... - The Lives of Others

...and land for chicken farmers, but used in an efficient...

-I'll get in trouble if I don't go. - The Lives of Others

-I'll get in trouble if I don't go.

Yes Frau Meinekeone word of this to anyone and Masha loses her spot at the universityIs that understood YesSend Mrs Meineke a gift for her cooperation - The Lives of Others

Yes Frau Meinekeone word of this to anyone and Masha loses...

-Is that understood? - The Lives of Others

-Is that understood?

Send Mrs. - The Lives of Others

It must be Thursday again. - The Lives of Others

It must be Thursday again.

-How are you? - The Lives of Others

We missed you at the premiere. - The Lives of Others

We missed you at the premiere.

I can't bear those fat dressed up people at premieres anymoreDoesn't sound like me does itBut maybe this is the real me not the old JerskaHe was friendly and caring nourished by successall thanks to the grace of the bigwigsBut I won't complain much - The Lives of Others

I can't bear those fat dressed up people at premieres...

But I won't complain much longer. - The Lives of Others

But I won't complain much longer.

Albert, the Minister was at the premiere. - The Lives of Others

Albert, the Minister was at the premiere.

It looks promising. - The Lives of Others

It looks promising.

Cheap Georgian wine. - The Lives of Others

Cheap Georgian wine.

You're strong and forceful. - The Lives of Others

You're strong and forceful.

Don't forget you promised to wear a tie for your birthdayI would but I don't have oneBon anniversaireA tieYou said you didn't want any booksOr can't you tie a tie you old working class poetWhat I was born wearing a tieI had to fight my way out of my - The Lives of Others

Don't forget you promised to wear a tie for your...

A tie? You said you didn't want any books. Or can't you tie a tie, you old working-class poet? What? - The Lives of Others

A tie? You said you didn't want any books. Or...

All right... - The Lives of Others

Frau Meineke, would you come in for a moment! - The Lives of Others

Frau Meineke, would you come in for a moment!

Are you feeling unwell? - The Lives of Others

Are you feeling unwell?

Wonderful. - The Lives of Others

I'll be damned! - The Lives of Others

I'll be damned!

Our dear neighbors locked the main door again. - The Lives of Others

Our dear neighbors locked the main door again.

Maestro! - The Lives of Others

-Why the hell's Albert sitting all alone? - The Lives of Others

-Why the hell's Albert sitting all alone?

Did you really come here to read? - The Lives of Others

Did you really come here to read?

I feel like a fraud among these people. - The Lives of Others

I feel like a fraud among these people.

My favorite director! - The Lives of Others

My favorite director!

Tell me again how you got into this positionPure talentOf courseBut what else did you have to doEveryone knows you're with the Stasi - The Lives of Others

Tell me again how you got into this positionPure talentOf...

-But you know he's with the Stasi! - The Lives of Others

-But you know he's with the Stasi!

You're such an idealist that you're almost a bigwigIt was informers and conformists like that who ruined AlbertIf you don't take a stand you're not humanIf you ever want to take action callIf not we don't have to meet again - The Lives of Others

You're such an idealist that you're almost a...

-Your friends don't have much taste. - The Lives of Others

-Your friends don't have much taste.

Look at this beautiful backscratcher That's a salad forkStill it's beautiful - The Lives of Others

Look at this beautiful backscratcher That's a salad...

It's from Jerska. - The Lives of Others

It's from Jerska.

11:04 p.m. - The Lives of Others

They're already at it! - The Lives of Others

They're already at it!

Albert Jerska, Operation "Engerling." Systematic as usual, Wiesler. - The Lives of Others

Albert Jerska, Operation "Engerling." Systematic...

The BSG volleyball team will meet at 7:00 p.m. - The Lives of Others

The BSG volleyball team will meet at 7:00 p.m.

Did you forget Bosses sit over thereSocialism must start somewhere - The Lives of Others

Did you forget Bosses sit over thereSocialism must start...

About the license plate of the car that brought Ms Sieland homeIt's Minister Hempf's carWiesler we can't monitor top officialsI removed the entry in your report Nothing written from now on just oral - The Lives of Others

About the license plate of the car that brought Ms Sieland...

Socialism must start somewhere - The Lives of Others

Socialism must start somewhere

Wiesler, we can't monitor top officials. - The Lives of Others

Wiesler, we can't monitor top officials.

So we're helping a Committee member get a rival out of the wayYou know what this could mean for my career And for yoursIf we find somethingIs that why we joinedYou remember the oath we tookWe are the Party's shield and sword What is the Party if not its - The Lives of Others

So we're helping a Committee member get a rival out of...

Is that why we joined? - The Lives of Others

Is that why we joined?

I've got a new oneHonecker comes into his officeopens the window sees the sun and saysWhat's wrongOh excuse meI justNo carry on colleagueNo harm in laughing about the Party Chairman is thereI probably know the joke anywayCome on tell usWellHonecker I mean - The Lives of Others

I've got a new oneHonecker comes into his officeopens...

Oh, excuse me... - The Lives of Others

Oh, excuse me...

The sun replies, "Good morning, dear Erich!" And at noon, Erich goes to the window and says, "Good day, dear sun!" The sun replies, "Good day, dear Erich!" In the evening, Erich says again, "Good evening, dear sun!" and the sun doesn't reply. - The Lives of Others

The sun replies, "Good morning, dear Erich!" And...

Name? Rank? Department? Me? Stigler. Second Lieutenant Axel Stigler. Department M. I don't have to t - The Lives of Others

Name? Rank? Department? Me? Stigler. Second Lieutenant Axel...

Please, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I was just... - The Lives of Others

Please, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I was just...

Just kidding! - The Lives of Others

-Are you coming, too? - The Lives of Others

-Are you coming, too?

Christa, you forgot our meeting on Thursday. - The Lives of Others

Christa, you forgot our meeting on Thursday.

Don't worry. - The Lives of Others

Tell me you don't need it, too. - The Lives of Others

Tell me you don't need it, too.

Where do you think we're going? - The Lives of Others

Where do you think we're going?

Next Thursday at the Metropol. - The Lives of Others

Next Thursday at the Metropol.

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In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Writer: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Production: N/A

Genre: drama, mystery, thriller

Year: 2006

MetaScore: 89/100

ImdbRating: 8.4

BoxOffice: $11,286,112

Released: 30 Mar 2007

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 80 wins & 38 nominations total

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