Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- German
- Country
- Germany, France
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
- In German — subtitles on.
The story
In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.
- berlin
- germany
- government
- corruption
- espionage
- germany
- berlin wall
- german democratic republic
- cold war
- blackmail
- stasi
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Charly Hübner — Udo
- Herbert Knaup — Gregor Hessenstein
- Bastian Trost — Häftling 227
- Marie Gruber — Frau Meineke
- Volker Michalowski — Schriftexperte
- Werner Daehn — Einsatzleiter in Uniform
- Hinnerk Schönemann — Axel Stigler
- Directed
- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Production
- Rating
- 8.0 / 10 · 4,205 ratings
- Studio
- Creado Film, Wiedemann & Berg Film, ARTE, BR
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
