Directed by:
Michael HanekeScreenplay:
Michael HanekeCinematography:
Jiří ŠtíbrCast:
Ulrich Mühe, Susanne Lothar, Frank Giering, Felix Eitner, Johannes Silberschneider, Paulus Manker, Martin Brambach, Monica Bleibtreu, Udo Samel (more)VOD (1)
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When a land surveyor heads of to an isolated community run by a political body known as "The Castle," he finds himself caught in a bizarre network of paperwork and a system of rule where logic and human decency are lost in the maze of the local authorities. (Artificial Eye)
Cast
Ulrich Mühe
East Germany
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Susanne Lothar
West Germany
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Frank Giering
East Germany
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Felix Eitner
West Germany
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Johannes Silberschneider
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Paulus Manker
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Martin Brambach
East Germany
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The Lives of Others (2006)
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Monica Bleibtreu
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Norbert Schwientek
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Birgit Linauer
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Ortrud Beginnen
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Otto Grünmandl
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