The lives of others / 
a Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion production, in association with BR, Arte, Creado Film ; directed, written by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck ; produced by Quirin Berg, Max Wiedemann. 
 - [English language subtitled version]. 
, Germany. 
 - United States :  Sony Pictures Classics,  2007. 
 - 14 film reels of 14 on 7 (ca. 137 min., ca. 12,330 ft.) :  sd., col. ;  35 mm. 
<br/><br/> Copyright Claimant: Wiedemann & Berg Film Produktion GmbH & Co. KG. Date of Creation: 2006; Date of Publication: 2006-12-01; Registration Number / Date: PA0001370166 / 2006-12-21.  Originally released under title Das Leben der Anderen in 2006.  Summary from FirstSearch, OCLC 230958018, viewed Nov. 21, 2008.  Not viewed.  Sources used: copyright data sheet; copyright database; Variety Web site, review posted June 11, 2006, viewed Nov. 21, 2008; Internet movie database, viewed Nov. 21, 2008; FirstSearch, 230958018, viewed Nov. 21, 2008. 
<br/><br/>Camera, Hagen Bogdanski ; editor, Patricia Rommel ; music, Gabriel Yared, Stephane Moucha.  Camera, Hagen Bogdanski ; editor, Patricia Rommel ; music, Gabriel Yared, Stephane Moucha. 
<br/><br/>Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mèuhe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Herbert Knaup, Volkmar Kleinert, Matthias Brenner, Charly Huebner. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> MPAA rating: R. 
<br/><br/><br/>In German with English subtitles. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008639546 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Secret service--Germany--Drama.<br/>Police patrol--Surveillance operations--Germany--Drama.<br/>Cine Americano
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Thriller--Feature.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CM DVD 01211