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The Lives of Others

In 1984 East Germany, five years before the fall of the Berlin wall, an agent with the secret police, begins conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover and finds that he is becoming increasingly absorbed and obsessed with their lives.

Director

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Screenplay

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Cast

Martina Gedeck · Ulrich Mühe · Sebastian Koch · Ulrich Tukur · Thomas Thieme

Genre

Drama · Thriller

Runtime

137 min

Country

Germany

Music

Gabriel Yared · Stéphane Moucha

Cinematography

Hagen Bogdanski

Awards

Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film · Anexo: César a la mejor película extranjera · Óscar a la mejor película de habla no inglesa

Rating

R (USA)

Studio

Sony Pictures Classics

Budget

2,000,000 $

Box office

77,300,000 $

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