Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße
Plot.
All his life, Michael Hartung, owner of a hopelessly debt-ridden video store, has bet on the wrong horse. When an ambitious journalist confronts him with the results of his research, everything changes for the charmingly melancholy Micha. Many years ago, as an employee of the Reichsbahn, he is said to have organized the largest mass escape in the GDR. Stasi files prove the case. He was apparently even imprisoned and then deported to an open-cast lignite mine. Seduced by a lavish salary, Micha confirms the story, although only fragments of it are true.
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Cast & Crew.

Charly Hübner
Micha Hartung

Christiane Paul
Paula

Steffen Jürgens
Tobias

Leonie Benesch

Daniel Brühl

Jürgen Vogel

Eva Löbau

Dirk Martens

Thorsten Merten

Helena Landau
Naia

Jörn Hentschel
Bernd

Leon Ullrich
Alexander Landmann

Katarina Witt
Self

Heike Hanold-Lynch
Sybille Wischnewsky

David Ruland
G.M. Kiessling

Franz Gnauck
Micha Hartung (young)

Alma Löhr
Melanie

Marvin Wieser-Kloss
Sekretär

Roderich Gramse
old Man

Phileas Heyblom
Linus

Laila Nielsen
Bauer

Irma Trommer
Mitarbeiterin

Philip Dobraß
Kollege Graf

Alida Bohnen
Frau Geist

Suse Marquardt
Casting Director

Wolfgang Becker
Director / Writer

Constantin Lieb
Writer

Bernd Fischer
Director of Photography

Johannes Hampel
Sound

Claus-Jürgen Pfeiffer
Production Design

Tanja Däberitz
Assistant Director

Maxim Leo
Novel

Stefan Arndt
Producer

Yvon Sable Moltzen

Anna von Seld

Lilli Fichtner

Claudia Eisinger

Bernhard Schütz

Leslie Malton

Annabelle Mandeng
Details.
This Movie Is About.
escape
video store
gdr
based on novel or book