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Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)

Awards

The Lives of Others

80 wins & 38 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2007 Winner Oscar
    • Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
    Germany.

Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2008 Winner Silver Condor
    • Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    Germany.

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2008 Winner FCCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    Germany.

Bambi Awards

  • Sebastian Koch
    2006 Winner Bambi
    • Best Actor - National
    • Sebastian Koch

Bavarian Film Awards

  • Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2006 Winner Bavarian Film Award
    • Best Actor (Darstellerpreis)
    • Ulrich Mühe
  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2006 Winner Bavarian Film Award
    • Best Direction - Young Film (Regienachwuchspreis)
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2006 Winner Bavarian Film Award
    • Best Screenplay (Drehbuchpreis)
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2006 Winner VGF Award

Bodil Awards

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2007 Winner Bodil
    • Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film)
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    Germany.

BAFTA Awards

  • Quirin Berg, Geschäftsführer LEONINE Studios
    2008 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Quirin Berg
    • Max Wiedemann
  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2008 Nominee David Lean Award for Direction
    • Best Director
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2008 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Screenplay - Original
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • Quirin Berg, Geschäftsführer LEONINE Studios
    2008 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film Not in the English Language
    • Quirin Berg
    • Max Wiedemann
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2008 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Leading Actor
    • Ulrich Mühe
    Posthumously.

British Independent Film Awards

  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2007 Winner British Independent Film Award
    • Best Foreign Independent Film

César Awards, France

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2008 Winner César
    • Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2008 Winner Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain

  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2008 Winner CEC Award
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)

David di Donatello Awards

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2007 Winner David
    • Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea)
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Denver Film Festival

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2006 Winner People's Choice Award
    • Best Narrative Film
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

European Film Awards

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2006 Nominee European Film Award
    • European Director
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • Martina Gedeck
    2006 Nominee European Film Award
    • European Actress
    • Martina Gedeck
  • Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2006 Winner European Film Award
    • European Actor
    • Ulrich Mühe
  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2006 Winner European Film Award
    • European Screenwriter
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • Gabriel Yared
    2006 Nominee European Film Award
    • European Composer
    • Gabriel Yared
    • Stéphane Moucha

French Syndicate of Cinema Critics

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2008 Winner Critics Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

German Film Awards

  • Quirin Berg, Geschäftsführer LEONINE Studios
    2006 Winner Film Award in Gold
    • Outstanding Feature Film (Bester Spielfilm)
    • Quirin Berg
    • Max Wiedemann
  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2006 Winner Film Award in Gold
    • Best Direction (Beste Regie)
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • Hagen Bogdanski
    2006 Winner Film Award in Gold
    • Best Cinematography (Beste Kamera/Bildgestaltung)
    • Hagen Bogdanski
  • Gabriele Binder
    2006 Nominee Film Award in Gold
    • Best Costume Design (Bestes Kostümbild)
    • Gabriele Binder
  • Patricia Rommel
    2006 Nominee Film Award in Gold
    • Best Editing (Bester Schnitt)
    • Patricia Rommel

Golden Camera, Germany

  • Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2007 Nominee Golden Camera
    • Best German Actor
    • Ulrich Mühe
    Shared with: Der letzte Zeuge · Das Geheimnis von St. Ambrose

Golden Globes, USA

  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2007 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Satellite Awards

  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2007 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Overall DVD
  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2006 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language
    Germany.
  • Gabriel Yared
    2006 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Original Score
    • Gabriel Yared

Guild of German Art House Cinemas

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2006 Winner Guild Film Award - Gold
    • German Film (Deutscher Film)
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Guldbagge Awards

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2007 Winner Guldbagge
    • Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film)
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2007 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    Germany.

Montréal Festival of New Cinema

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2006 Winner Public's Choice Award
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Irish Film and Television Awards

  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2008 Winner IFTA Award
    • Best International Film
  • Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2008 Nominee IFTA Award
    • Best International Actor
    • Ulrich Mühe
    Posthumously.

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • Martina Gedeck
    2007 Winner European Silver Ribbon
    • Martina Gedeck

Locarno Film Festival

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2006 Winner Audience Award
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2010 Nominee 30th Year Anniversary Award
  • Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2008 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Actor of the Year
    • Ulrich Mühe
    Posthumously.
  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2008 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Director of the Year
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2008 Winner ALFS Award
    • Screenwriter of the Year
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2008 Winner ALFS Award
    • Foreign Language Film of the Year

London Film Festival

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2006 Winner Satyajit Ray Award
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2006 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Munich Film Festival

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2006 Winner Bernhard Wicki Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (director)
    • Ulrich Mühe (actor)

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2007 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2008 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2007 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Narrative Feature
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Portland International Film Festival

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2007 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2007 Winner Audience Award
    • Best New Director
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Danish Film Awards (Robert)

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2007 Winner Robert
    • Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film)
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

International Film Festival Rotterdam

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2007 Winner Audience Award
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Russian Guild of Film Critics

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2007 Nominee White Elephant
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2007 Nominee TFCA Award
    • Best Foreign-Language Film

Vancouver International Film Festival

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2006 Winner Most Popular Film
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Warsaw International Film Festival

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2006 Winner Audience Award
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

German Film Critics Association Awards

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2007 Winner German Film Critics Award
    • Best Feature Film Debut (Bestes Spielfilmdebüt)
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2007 Winner German Film Critics Award
    • Best Actor (Bester Darsteller)
    • Ulrich Mühe
  • Hagen Bogdanski
    2007 Winner German Film Critics Award
    • Best Cinematography (Beste Kamera)
    • Hagen Bogdanski
  • Patricia Rommel
    2007 Winner German Film Critics Award
    • Best Editing (Bester Schnitt)
    • Patricia Rommel

Polish Film Awards

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2008 Winner Eagle
    • Best European Film (Najlepszy Film Europejski)
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Copenhagen International Film Festival

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2006 Winner Audience Award
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2006 Winner Golden Swan
    • Best Actor
    • Ulrich Mühe
  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2006 Nominee Golden Swan
    • Best Film
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Kinema Junpo Awards

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2008 Winner Readers' Choice Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2008 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Movie
  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2008 Winner Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

New Faces Awards, Germany

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2006 Winner New Faces Award
    • Director
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

High Falls Film Festival

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2006 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Turia Awards

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2007 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2007 Winner Turia Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2008 Winner COFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2008 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Picture
    2nd place

Undine Awards, Austria

  • 2006 Nominee Undine Award
    • Best Debut, Male (Bester Filmdebütant)
    • Paul Maximilian Schüller
  • Ludwig Blochberger
    2006 Nominee Undine Award
    • Best Young Supporting Actor (Bester jugendlicher Nebendarsteller)
    • Ludwig Blochberger

ACCEC Awards

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2008 Winner ACCEC Award
    • Best Foreign Film (Millor pel·lícula estrangera)
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Golden Globes, Italy

  • Sebastian Koch
    2007 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best European Actor (Migliore Attore Europeo)
    • Sebastian Koch
  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2007 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best European Film (Miglior Film Europeo)
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck was not present at the awards ceremony. Sebastian Koch accepted the award on his behalf.
  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2007 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Distributor (Migliore Distributore)

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2007 Winner Award of the Argentinean Academy
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    Germany.

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2006 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

New York Film Critics, Online

  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2007 Winner NYFCO Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    Tied with Persepolis (2007).

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2009 Nominee DFCC
    • Best Film of the Decade
    14th place
  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2007 Winner DFCC
    • Best Film
  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2007 Nominee DFCC
    • Best Director
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2nd place
  • Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2007 Winner DFCC
    • Best Actor
    • Ulrich Mühe
  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2007 Nominee DFCC
    • Breakthrough Artist
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    4th place

Jupiter Award

  • Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2007 Winner Jupiter Award
    • Best German Actor
    • Ulrich Mühe

Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards

  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2007 Nominee SIYAD Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    4th Place

SESC Film Festival, Brazil

  • Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2008 Winner Critics Award
    • Best Foreign Actor (Melhor Ator Estrangeiro)
    • Ulrich Mühe
  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2008 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

FICE - Federazione Italiana Cinema d'Essai

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2007 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Seville European Film Festival

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2006 Winner SIGNIS Award
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2006 Winner Silver Giraldillo
    • Best Film
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Adelaide Film Festival

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2007 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2007 Nominee International Feature Award
    • Best Feature
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2006 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    Runner-Up

Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2008 Winner IOMA
    • Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale)
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Gold Derby Awards

  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2007 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Foreign Language Film
    Germany.

Russian National Movie Awards

  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2008 Nominee Georges Award
    • Best Independent Movie

Il Festival Nazionale del Doppiaggio Voci nell'Ombra

  • 2007 Winner Film Award
    • Best Overall Dubbing
    • Alida Milana (voice director)

Golden Hen Awards, Germany

  • Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2006 Winner Golden Hen
    • Acting
    • Ulrich Mühe

BBC Four World Cinema Awards

  • Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, and Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (2006)
    2008 Nominee BBC Four World Cinema Award

Premio Sergio Amidei

  • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
    2007 Winner Premio Sergio Amidei
    • Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

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