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# The Lives of Others (2006): cast and crew

34 cast and 43 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Martina Gedeck](https://film.one/person/martina-gedeck.md) as Christa-Maria Sieland
- [Ulrich Mühe](https://film.one/person/ulrich-muhe.md) as Gerd Wiesler
- [Sebastian Koch](https://film.one/person/sebastian-koch.md) as Georg Dreyman
- [Ulrich Tukur](https://film.one/person/ulrich-tukur.md) as Anton Grubitz
- [Thomas Thieme](https://film.one/person/thomas-thieme.md) as Bruno Hempf
- [Hans-Uwe Bauer](https://film.one/person/hans-uwe-bauer.md) as Paul Hauser
- [Volkmar Kleinert](https://film.one/person/volkmar-kleinert.md) as Albert Jerska
- [Matthias Brenner](https://film.one/person/matthias-brenner.md) as Karl Wallner
- [Charly Hübner](https://film.one/person/charly-hubner.md) as Udo
- [Herbert Knaup](https://film.one/person/herbert-knaup.md) as Gregor Hessenstein
- [Bastian Trost](https://film.one/person/bastian-trost.md) as Häftling 227
- [Marie Gruber](https://film.one/person/marie-gruber.md) 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)

## Directing

- [Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck](https://film.one/person/florian-henckel-von-donnersmarck.md): Director

## Writing

- [Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck](https://film.one/person/florian-henckel-von-donnersmarck.md): Screenplay

## Production

- Simone Bär: Casting
- [Max Wiedemann](https://film.one/person/max-wiedemann.md): Producer
- [Quirin Berg](https://film.one/person/quirin-berg.md): Producer
- Monika Lobkowicz: Co-Producer
- [Andreas Schreitmüller](https://film.one/person/andreas-schreitmuller.md): Co-Producer
- Claudia Gladziejewski: Co-Producer
- Tom Sternitzke: Production Manager
- Sally Steele: Publicist
- Christine Haupt: Production Coordinator
- Eva Simonet: Publicist
- [Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck](https://film.one/person/florian-henckel-von-donnersmarck.md): Co-Producer
- Dirk Hamm: Co-Producer

## Camera

- [Hagen Bogdanski](https://film.one/person/hagen-bogdanski.md): Director of Photography
- Hagen Keller: Still Photographer

## Editing

- [Patricia Rommel](https://film.one/person/patricia-rommel.md): Editor
- Olivia Retzer: Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- [Gabriel Yared](https://film.one/person/gabriel-yared.md): Original Music Composer
- [Stéphane Moucha](https://film.one/person/stephane-moucha.md): Original Music Composer
- Jörn Poetzl: Foley
- Oliver Schnug: Boom Operator
- Eva Claudius: ADR & Dubbing
- Detlef Halaski: ADR & Dubbing
- João Da Costa Pinto: Foley
- Hubertus Rath: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Arno Wilms: Sound mixer
- Philipp Sellier: Foley
- Christoph von Schönburg: Sound Designer

## Art

- Frank Noack: Set Decoration
- Christiane Rothe: Art Direction
- [Silke Buhr](https://film.one/person/silke-buhr.md): Production Design
- Martin Zillger: Location Scout
- Thomas Duchnicki: Location Scout

## Costume and make-up

- [Gabriele Binder](https://film.one/person/gabriele-binder.md): Costume Design
- Annett Schulze: Makeup Artist
- Sabine Schumann: Makeup Artist

## Lighting

- Michael Koschorreck: Lighting Technician
- Jürgen Ruge: Lighting Technician
- Michael Röska: Gaffer

## Crew

- Alister Mazzotti: Stunts
- Hans Seck: Special Effects
- Sylvain Coutandin: Post Production Assistant

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