A German communist wrongly accused and sent to a labour camp has to keep her past life hidden for the sake of her and her family’s freedom.
Acting
Alexandra Maria Lara's face does what dialogue cannot.
Direction
Böhlich turns bureaucratic horror into personal hell.
Director
Bernd Böhlich
Alexandra Maria Lara
Antonia
Robert Stadlober
Konrad Zeidler
Stefan Kurt
Silberstein
Barbara Schnitzler
Susanne
Carlotta von Falkenhayn
Lydia
Karoline Eichhorn
Irma Seibert
Stefan Lochau
Gerhard Berger
Peer Jäger
Wilhelm Pieck
Alexander Khuon
Arthur Pieck
Branko Samarovski
Küppers
Swetlana Schönfeld
Waltraut Kessler
Jochen Nickel
Waltrauts Mann
Hark Bohm
Konrads Vater
Peter Kurth
Vernehmer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on true Stasi infiltration tactics; thousands of East Germans lived as 'unofficial collaborators' under duress.
The film mirrors The Lives of Others but from the perpetrator-victim's perspective—rarely explored in German cinema.
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