The lives of others   [videorecording] / 
A Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion production, in co-production with Bayerischer Rundfunk, Arte, Creado Film ; directed and written by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck ; produced by Quirin Berg, Max Wiedemann. 
 - UK :  Lions Gate Home Entertainment,  2007. 
 - 1 videodisc (132 min.) :  sd. col. ;  12 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally released as a motion picture in 2006. 
<br/><br/>Special features: Extented and deleted scenes ; Cast and crew interviews ; Making of "The lives of others" ; Original Stasi Devices Gallery ; Audio Commentary on Feature and Deleted Scenes by writer and director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. 
<br/><br/>Camera, Hagen Bogdanski ; editor, Patricia Rommel ; music, Gabriel Yared, Stephane Moucha.  Camera, Hagen Bogdanski ; editor, Patricia Rommel ; music, Gabriel Yared, Stephane Moucha. 
<br/><br/>Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Herbert Knaup. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> BBFO rating: 15 years and over. Contains strong sex.  IFCO rating: 15 years or more. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD ; region 2 ; anamorphic widescreen 16:9 presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround. 
<br/><br/><br/>German dialogues with optional English subtitles. English subtitles for the hearing impaired. 
<br/><br/> European Film Awards, 2006: Best film; Best actor; Best Screenwriter. 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>5060052412270 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>LGD93901  Lionsgate 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Secret service--Germany--Drama<br/>Police patrol--Surveillance operations--Germany--Drama
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Feature films<br/>Fiction films