23 Mar 2006
The Lives of Others
In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the Stasi secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.
Farewell
Will the young master be here for dinner?
In August of 1914, amidst the public ecstasy surrounding the impending war, Hans Gastl, the young son of a Munich bürger, makes a decision: he will not take part in this war. This resolution signifies a turning point in his life; a farewell to his class and his family.
Top Billed Cast
Jan Spitzer Hans Gastl
Rolf Ludwig Hans Gastl's Father
Katharina Lind Hans Gastl's Mother
Mathilde Danegger Hans Gastl's Grandmother
Heidemarie Wenzel Fanny
Jürgen Heinrich Hartinger
Manfred Krug Sack
Annekathrin Bürger Magda
Doris Thalmer 
Klaus Hecke 
Bodo Krämer 
Carl Heinz Choynski 
Rolf Römer 
Fred Delmare 
Martin Flörchinger Arthur Jopp Jochen Diestelmann 
Wolfgang Greese 
Hans Klering Heinz-Dieter Knaup
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