
137 minutes
3/23/2006
In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.

Martina Gedeck
as Christa-Maria Sieland

Ulrich Mühe
as Gerd Wiesler

Sebastian Koch
as Georg Dreyman

Ulrich Tukur
as Anton Grubitz

Thomas Thieme
as Bruno Hempf

Hans-Uwe Bauer
as Paul Hauser

Volkmar Kleinert
as Albert Jerska

Matthias Brenner
as Karl Wallner

Charly Hübner
as Udo

Herbert Knaup
as Gregor Hessenstein

Bastian Trost
as Häftling 227

Marie Gruber
as Frau Meineke

Volker Michalowski
as Schriftexperte

Werner Daehn
as Einsatzleiter in Uniform

Hinnerk Schönemann
as Axel Stigler

Thomas Arnold
as Nowack

Ludwig Blochberger
as Benedikt Lehmann

Martin Brambach
as Einsatzleiter Meyer

Hubertus Hartmann
as Egon Schwalber

Paul Faßnacht
as Onkel Frank Hauser

Paul Maximilian Schüller
as Junge mit Ball

Susanna Kraus
as Andrea

Michael Gerber
as Zahnarzt Dr. Czimmy

Fabian von Klitzing
as Tagesschausprecher

Harald Polzin
as Wächter

Sheri Hagen
as 'Martha' 1991

Gitta Schweighöfer
as 'Anja' 1984

Hildegard Schroedter
as 'Elena' 1984

Inga Birkenfeld
as 'Elena' 1991 / BStU-Mitarbeiterin

Jens Wassermann
as 'Rolf' Andi Wenzke-Falkenau
Gabi Fleming
as Prostitute

Kai Ivo Baulitz
as Buchverkäufer

Anabelle D. Munro
as Theatre Actress (uncredited)

Klaus Münster
as Erich Mielke (voice) (uncredited)