Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße
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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Suse Marquardt
Casting Director

Wolfgang Becker
Director
Constantin Lieb
Writer
Bernd Fischer
Director of Photography

Wolfgang Becker
Writer
Johannes Hampel
Sound
Claus-Jürgen Pfeiffer
Production Design
Tanja Däberitz
Assistant Director
Maxim Leo
Novel

Stefan Arndt
Producer