Description
| Summary: | East Berlin, 1984. Capt. Gerd Wiesler, Stasi officer and surveillance specialist has a simple assignment: 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. During the investigation, Wiesler unexpectedly finds himself in sympathy with the people - or at least to this one particular person.
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| Item Description: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006.
Special features: Director commentary [optional audio only, English]; Interview with director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck [English] (30 min.); The making of "The Lives of Others" [featurette, German with English subtitles] (19 min.); Deleted scenes (8 min.); Previews. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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| Playing Time: | 02:18:00 |
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| Format: | DVD-video; NTSC, Region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround; anamorphic widescreen presentation aspect ratio 2.35:1. |
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| Audience: | MPAA rating: Rated R; for some sexuality and nudity. |
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| Awards: | Academy Awards, 2007: Best Foreign Language Film of the Year. |
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| Production Credits: | Kamera, Hagen Bogdanski ; schnitt [editor], Patricia Rommel ; musik, Gabriel Yared, Stéphane Moucha. |
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| ISBN: | 1424837421
9781424837427 |
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| Access: | For private home use only. |
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| Participant or Performer: | Martina Gedeck (Christa-Maria Sieland), Ulrich Mühe (Haptmann Gerd Wiesler), Sebastian Koch (Georg Dreyman), Ulrich Tukur (Oberstleutnant Anton Grubitz), Thomas Thieme (Minister Bruno Hempf), Hans-Uwe Bauer (Paul Hauser), Herbert Knaup (Gregor Hessenstein). |
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| Language: | In German with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles. |
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