The Lives of Others (2006) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.

Cast

• Martina Gedeck as Christa-Maria Sieland
• Ulrich Mühe as Gerd Wiesler
• Sebastian Koch as Georg Dreyman
• Ulrich Tukur as Anton Grubitz
• Thomas Thieme as Bruno Hempf
• Hans-Uwe Bauer as Paul Hauser
• Volkmar Kleinert as Albert Jerska
• Matthias Brenner as Karl Wallner
• Charly Hübner as Udo
• Herbert Knaup as Gregor Hessenstein
• Bastian Trost as Häftling 227
• Marie Gruber as Frau Meineke
• Volker Michalowski as Schriftexperte
• Werner Daehn as Einsatzleiter in Uniform
• Hinnerk Schönemann as Axel Stigler
• Thomas Arnold as Nowack
• Ludwig Blochberger as Benedikt Lehmann
• Martin Brambach as Einsatzleiter Meyer
• Hubertus Hartmann as Egon Schwalber
• Paul Faßnacht as Onkel Frank Hauser
• Paul Maximilian Schüller as Junge mit Ball
• Susanna Kraus as Andrea
• Michael Gerber as Zahnarzt Dr. Czimmy
• Fabian von Klitzing as Tagesschausprecher
• Harald Polzin as Wächter
• Sheri Hagen as 'Martha' 1991
• Gitta Schweighöfer as 'Anja' 1984
• Hildegard Schroedter as 'Elena' 1984
• Inga Birkenfeld as 'Elena' 1991 / BStU-Mitarbeiterin
• Jens Wassermann as 'Rolf' Andi Wenzke-Falkenau
• Gabi Fleming as Prostitute
• Kai Ivo Baulitz as Buchverkäufer
• Anabelle D. Munro as Theatre Actress (uncredited)
• Klaus Münster as Erich Mielke (voice) (uncredited)
• Elja-Dusa Kedves as Anja 1991
• Philipp Kewenig as Christas Verhafter
• Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky as Bandleader
• Charlene Beck as Kubanische Schülerin
• Ralf Ehrlich as Kollege in der Stasi-Kantine

Crew

• Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck — Director
• Gabriel Yared — Original Music Composer
• Stéphane Moucha — Original Music Composer
• Max Wiedemann — Producer
• Quirin Berg — Producer
• Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck — Screenplay
• Hagen Bogdanski — Director of Photography

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