User Rating: 8.5/10, 47,005 votes (Top 250: #52)
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Writer: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (written by)
Release Date: 23 March 2006 (Germany)
Genre: Drama
Tagline: 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.
Awards: Won Oscar. Another 58 wins & 21 nominations
Cast:
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