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©2007
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1 videodisc (approximately 138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2006
A 1984 East Berlin simple surveillance assignment: Capt. Gerd Wiesler, a Stasi officer and a specialist in surveillance, has been assigned to 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. Wiesler's sympathies shift from the government to its people - or at least to this one particular person
Special features: deleted scenes; interview with director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck; director's commentary; Making of "The lives of others" featurette
Director of photography, Hagen Bogdanski ; editor, Patricia Rommel ; music, Gabriel Yared, Stéphane Moucha ; costume designer, Gabriele Binder ; production designer, Silke Buhr
Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Herbert Knaup
MPAA rating: R; for some sexuality and nudity
Full HD DVD (1080p); widescreen presentation (2.35:1), mastered in high definition, Blu-ray Disc; Dolby Digital
Requires a Blu-ray player
Closed captioned; audio in German PCM 5.1 (Uncompressed), German 5.1; with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish
Academy Awards, 2007: Best Foreign Language Film of the Year