About
A tragic love story set in East Berlin with the backdrop of an undercover Stasi controlled culture. Stasi captain Wieler is ordered to follow author Dreyman and plunges deeper and deeper into his life until he reaches the threshold of doubting the system.
Cast
Martina Gedeck
Christa-Maria Sieland
Ulrich Mühe
Gerd Wiesler
Sebastian Koch
Georg Dreyman
Ulrich Tukur
Anton Grubitz
Thomas Thieme
Bruno Hempf
Hans-Uwe Bauer
Paul Hauser
Volkmar Kleinert
Albert Jerska
Matthias Brenner
Karl Wallner
Bastian Trost
Häftling 227
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Lists
#58 on IMDb top 250 IMDb
#493 on 1,000 greatest films They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?
#32 on The 21st Century Most Acclaimed Films They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?
#329 on Empire's 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time Empire
Awards
Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year