The lives of others
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2007.
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen format (2.35:1).
Physical Desc
1 DVD (137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
San Luis Obispo Library - Adult DVD - Adult Audiovisual
Fiction
1 available
Fiction
1 available
Arroyo Grande Library - Adult DVD - Adult Audiovisual
Fiction
1 available
Fiction
1 available
Cambria Library - Adult DVD - Adult Audiovisual
Fiction
1 available
Fiction
1 available
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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San Luis Obispo Library - Adult DVD - Adult Audiovisual | Fiction | On Shelf |
Arroyo Grande Library - Adult DVD - Adult Audiovisual | Fiction | On Shelf |
Cambria Library - Adult DVD - Adult Audiovisual | Fiction | On Shelf |
Los Osos Library - Adult DVD - Adult Audiovisual | Fiction | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Actresses -- Germany -- Berlin -- Drama.
Berlin (Germany) -- Drama.
Blacklisting of entertainers -- Germany -- Berlin -- Drama.
Dissenters -- Germany -- Berlin -- Drama.
Dramatists -- Drama.
Eavesdropping -- Drama.
Electronic surveillance -- Drama.
Foreign films.
Germany (East). -- Ministerium für Staatssicherheit -- Drama.
Motion pictures -- Germany.
Motion pictures, German.
Police patrol -- Germany -- Berlin -- Surveillance operations -- Drama.
Secret service -- Germany -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Berlin (Germany) -- Drama.
Blacklisting of entertainers -- Germany -- Berlin -- Drama.
Dissenters -- Germany -- Berlin -- Drama.
Dramatists -- Drama.
Eavesdropping -- Drama.
Electronic surveillance -- Drama.
Foreign films.
Germany (East). -- Ministerium für Staatssicherheit -- Drama.
Motion pictures -- Germany.
Motion pictures, German.
Police patrol -- Germany -- Berlin -- Surveillance operations -- Drama.
Secret service -- Germany -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Subjects
More Details
Published
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2007.
Format
DVD
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen format (2.35:1).
Language
ger
UPC
043396170858
Notes
General Note
"Sony Pictures Classics"--Container.
General Note
Special features: optional audio commentary by Von Donnersmarck (in English); interview with Von Donnersmarck (in English, 30 min.); making-of featurette (in German with English subtitles, 19 min.); 7 deleted scenes, with optional audio commentary by Von Donnersmarck (in English).
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Hagen Bogdanski ; editor, Patricia Rommel ; music, Gabriel Yared, Ste?phane Moucha ; costume designer, Gabriele Binder ; production designer, Silke Buhr.
Participants/Performers
Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Herbert Knaup.
Description
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.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: R; for some sexuality and nudity.
System Details
DVD format; NTSC, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Language
In German with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles.
Awards
Academy Awards, 2007: Best Foreign Language Film of the Year.
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