The Lives of Others (2006)
Das Leben der Anderen
"Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's Secret Police Listened to Your Secrets."
Critics Score
🎬 90%
(RT: 92%, MC: 89) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Ulrich Mühe as Gerd Wiesler
Thomas Thieme as Bruno Hempf
Hans-Uwe Bauer as Paul Hauser
Volkmar Kleinert as Albert Jerska
Matthias Brenner as Karl Wallner
Is The Lives of Others good?
Yes. 91% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 90%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria. Wikipedia ↗
