Movie Settings Database

The Lives of Others

Where:

🇩🇪 Germany

When:

The 1980s The 1990s

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

Released in 2006 — 137 minutes

Genres:

Drama Thriller

Language:

German