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Duration: 2 hours, 10 minutes

Award-winning political thriller set in 1980s East Germany. Captain Wiesler works for the Stasi, the secret police, and is asked to keep surveillance on a playwright, Georg Dreyman, whose loyalty to the party is under question. During the surveillance Weisler is slowly drawn into Georg's life and begins to question his own ideals.

Last on

Sun 7 Aug 2011 23:35 BBC Two only on Scotland

Credits

Christa-Maria Sieland
Martina Gedeck
Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler
Ulrich Muhe
Georg Dreyman
Sebastian Koch
Oberstleutnant Anton Grubitz
Ulrich Tukur
Minister Bruno Hempf
Thomas Thieme
Paul Hauser
Hans-Uwe Bauer
Albert Jerska
Volkmar Kleinert
Karl Wallner
Matthias Brenner
Udo
Charly Hubner
Gregor Hessenstein
Herbert Knaup
Haeftling 227
Bastian Trost
Frau Meineke
Marie Gruber
Director
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Producer
Quirin Berg
Producer
Max Wiedemann
Writer
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

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