Title The Lives of Others Overview A tragic love story set in East Berlin with the backdrop of an undercover Stasi controlled culture. Stasi captain Wieler is ordered to follow author Dreyman and plunges deeper and deeper into his life until he reaches the threshold of doubting the system. Tagline Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's Secret Police Listened to Your Secrets. Genres Drama, Thriller Keywords germany, berlin, suicide, berlin wall, corruption, german democratic republic, stasi, blackmail, cold war, soviet union, nudity, propaganda, freedom of speech, house search, artists' life, spying, arts, government, interrogation, surveillance, minister for education, heartbreak, east germany, communism, mfs Production Companies Arte, Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion, Creado Film, Bayerischer Rundfunk BR Production Countries Germany Spoken Languages Deutsch Original Language de Runtime minutes 137 Release Year 2006
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 70 million USD