Das Leben der Anderen (2006)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.5/10   

Director:

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Guionista:

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

23 marzo 2006 (Alemania)

Género:

Drama | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's Secret Police Listened to Your Secrets

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Secret Police | Writer | East Germany | Surveillance | Police

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 59 wins & 21 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Brilliant and terrifying!

Reparto

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

Dirigida por
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Créditos del guión
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck		(written by)

Producida por
Quirin Berg	....	producer
Claudia Gladziejewski	....	delegate producer: Bayerischer Rundfunk
Dirk Hamm	....	co-producer
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck	....	co-producer
Max Wiedemann	....	producer

Música original por
Stéphane Moucha
Gabriel Yared

Fotografía por
Hagen Bogdanski

Montaje por
Patricia Rommel

Casting
Simone Bär

Diseño de producción por
Silke Buhr

Dirección artística
Christiane Rothe

Decorados
Frank Noack

Diseño de vestuario por
Gabriele Binder

Departamento de maquillaje
Tamar Aviv	....	assistant makeup artist: extras
Annett Schulze	....	makeup artist
Sabine Schumann	....	makeup artist

Dirección de producción
Oliver Berger	....	assistant set manager
Lisa Kolodzik	....	unit production manager
Tom Sternitzke	....	production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Claudia Beewen	....	assistant director
Katharina Hofmann	....	second assistant director

Departamento de Arte
Olaf Kronenthal	....	property master
Michael Roggemann	....	draughtsman
Christian Sitta	....	assistant production designer
Klaus Spielhagen	....	film architect

Departamento de sonido
Eva Claudius	....	adr editor
João Da Costa Pinto	....	foley editor
Detlef Halaski	....	adr mixer
Andrea Koschmieder	....	dialogue editor
Jörn Poetzl	....	foley artist
Hubertus Rath	....	sound re-recording mixer
Oliver Schnug	....	boom operator
Philipp Sellier	....	foley recordist
Christoph von Schönburg	....	sound designer
Christoph von Schönburg	....	supervising sound editor
Arno Wilms	....	production sound mixer

Efectos especiales
Hans Seck	....	special effects coordinator

Especialistas
Alister Mazzotti	....	stunt coordinator

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Nicolay Gutscher	....	assistant camera
Hagen Keller	....	still photographer
Michael Röska	....	gaffer
Jürgen Ruge	....	rigging gaffer

Departamento de reparto
Marcel Dykiert	....	extras casting assistant
Iris Müller	....	extras casting
Kirstin Plotz	....	casting assistant

Departamento de Edición
Julie Bargeton	....	assistant editor
Sylvain Coutandin	....	post-production assistant
Olivia Retzer	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Departamento de Música
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	....	orchestra
Adam Klemens	....	conductor
Philipp F. Kölmel	....	music recordist: pre-production

Otros miembros del equipo
Oliver Berger	....	assistant set manager
Thomas Duchnicki	....	location scout
Wolfgang Rhaden	....	production accountant
Eva Simonet	....	press attaché: France
Nicole Wolfarth	....	researcher
Martin Zillger	....	location scout

Gracias
Erna Baumbauer	....	special thanks
Jörg Stempel	....	special thanks
Mahée Thorak	....	grateful thanks

Compañías Productores

• Arte
• Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
• Creado Film
• Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion

Distribuidores

• Buena Vista International (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Classics (2007) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• ABC Distribution (2007) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Albatros Film (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Alfa Films (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Beta Cinema (2006) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Bontonfilm (2007) (Czech Republic) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2006) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Buena Vista International (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Cinemien (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Gemini Film (2007) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Homescreen (2007) (Belgium) (DVD)
• Homescreen (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Lionsgate (2006) (UK) (theatrical)
• Mongrel Media (2007) (Canada) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Océan Films (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Rai Cinema (2007) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB (2006) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray)
• Touchstone Home Video (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)

Otras Compañías

• Champagne Veuve Clicquot  thanks
• FilmFernsehFonds Bayern  funding
• Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA)  funding
• Just Publicity  public relations
• Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg  funding
• Symphonic Orchestra of the City of Prague  orchestra
• Vantage Film GmbH  camera equipment provided by
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

También conocida como:

The Lives of Others (UK) (USA)
Das Leben der Anderen - Die Sonate vom guten Menschen (Alemania) (working title)
La vida de los otros (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for some sexuality/nudity.

Duración:

137 min

País:

Alemania

Idioma:

Alemán

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Germany:12 | Czech Republic:12 | USA:R | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-11 | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | Ireland:15A | Singapore:M18 | Hong Kong:IIB | France:Unrated | Australia:MA | Netherlands:12 | Portugal:M/16 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Italy:T | South Korea:15 | Malaysia:U | Spain:7 | Brazil:12 | New Zealand:M | India:A | Norway:11

Locaciones de Filmación:

Altes Stadthaus, Klosterstraße, Berlin, Germany

Compañía:

Arte

Trivialidades:

Ranked 2nd best film of 2007 by Empire magazine, narrowly missing the top spot to The Bourne Ultimatum (2007).

Errores:

Continuidad: When Wiesler and Grubitz are having lunch with some Stasi-members, there isn't anything on their plates.

Citas:

[last lines]
Buchverkäufer: 29.80. Would you like it gift wrapped?
Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler: No. It's for me.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2007) (TV)

Brilliant and terrifying!

After several light features (like the highly successful "Good-bye Lenin"), who evoked a popular nostalgia, it was about time that the dark past of the DDR is finally the topic of a movie. Not that I condemn light entertainment. There surely were plenty of happy times for the people in the DDR as well as in every other society. But, just like in the Biedermeier time at the beginning of the 19th century in middle Europe, the DDR was controlled by an omnipresent secret service, the Stasi, which forced people to be quiet about their true feelings. Considering this, the cry for the good old' times is simply inappropriate.

The movie tells the story of Stasi agent Wiesler (brilliant Ulrich Mühe), who follows his guidelines with chilling accuracy. His newest assignment is to wiretapping famed author Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch) and his companion, actress Christa-Maria Sieland (Martina Gedeck). Listening to their conversations, he gets more and more caught in their lives.

Wiesler, as he is played here by Ulrich Mühe, is not an individual, but a symbol for the whole system, where people did everything they were told to do. Clad only in gray and brown, filmed in stark and cold light, he's at first not capable of feelings. On the other hand Dreymann and Sieland represent the anti-Establishment, the intellectuals, who were severely hunted, arrested and killed by the government.

The most frightening aspect here is the banality of it all. The offices are bleak, the people talk about bugging operations etc. with a frighting causality. These men in grey look, talk and behave like boring civil servants, and their approach, the "normality" of their job makes it terribly chilling.

Director Florian Henckel-Donnersmarck is also able to recreate a feeling of constant observance and spying. In a disturbing scene a harmless joke becomes the center of suspicion and fear. We can glimpse how it must have been for citizens of the DDR, to live with constant suppression of their free will and opinion.

As important it is, not to forget the good things and memories people might have of their past, it's also important not to forget or to reduce the impact and fear that this regime put on their people for 40 years.