The Lives of Others
Summary: 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.
Release Date: March 30, 2007
Director:
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Runtime: 2 h 17 min
MPAA: R
Movie budget: $ 2,000,000
Domestic: $ 11,286,112
International: $ 66,070,830
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