Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's Secret Police Listened to Your Secrets.
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.
DramaThrillerberlin, germanygovernmentcorruptionespionagegermanyberlin wallgerman democratic republiccold warblackmailstasisoviet unionfreedom of speech
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and meticulous.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
- unpretentiousprestige
Who loves it, who doesn't
34 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Comfort Seekers.
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Cast
- Martina GedeckChrista-Maria Sieland
- Ulrich MüheGerd Wiesler
- Sebastian KochGeorg Dreyman
- Ulrich TukurAnton Grubitz
- Thomas ThiemeBruno Hempf
- Hans-Uwe BauerPaul Hauser
- Volkmar KleinertAlbert Jerska
- Matthias BrennerKarl Wallner
- Charly HübnerUdo
- Herbert KnaupGregor Hessenstein
Crew
- Florian Henckel von DonnersmarckDirector
- Florian Henckel von DonnersmarckScreenplay
- Hagen BogdanskiDirector of Photography
- Gabriel YaredOriginal Music Composer
- Stéphane MouchaOriginal Music Composer
- Patricia RommelEditor
- Max WiedemannProducer
- Quirin BergProducer
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