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The Lives of Others (2006)

Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck · Cinematography by Hagen Bogdanski

R137 min62 frames

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

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What is The Lives of Others about?

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.

The Lives of Others is a 2006 German drama film written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, marking his feature film directorial debut. The story centres around the covert audio surveillance of East Berlin residents by a senior operative of the Stasi, the secret police of the former East Germany. It stars Ulrich Mühe as Stasi Captain Gerd Wiesler, Ulrich Tukur as his superior Anton Grubitz, Sebastian Koch as the playwright Georg Dreyman, and Martina Gedeck as Dreyman's lover, a prominent actress named Christa-Maria Sieland.

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What does the cinematography of The Lives of Others look like?

Across 62 sampled frames, The Lives of Others builds its coverage from medium shots (58% of the sample), with close-ups (18%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Hagen Bogdanski keeps 58% of it in soft, low-key light. 56% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 69% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

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