The Lives of Others

Released Year: 2006

Certificate: A

Runtime: 137 minutes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 89

Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur

No of Votes: 358685

Gross: 11286112

Overview: 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.

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