The Lives of Others (German: Das Leben der Anderen) is a 2006 German thriller film, marking the feature film debut of filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. It stars Ulrich Mühe as Stasi Captain Gerd Wiesler, Ulrich Tukur as his boss Anton Grubitz, Sebastian Koch as the playwright Georg Dreyman, and Martina Gedeck as Dreyman's lover, a prominent actress named Christa-Maria Sieland.