Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße
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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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Shot by Bernd FischerScored by Lorenz DangelDesigned by Claus Jurgen Pfeiffer
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18 unique people credited
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Charly Hubner
as Micha Hartung
Christiane Paul
as Paula Kurz
Leon Ullrich
as Alexander Landmann
Leonie Benesch
as Natalie Hartung
Daniel Bruhl
as Alex Allonge
Thorsten Merten
as Harald Wischnewsky
Jurgen Vogel
as Werbeclipregisseur
Wolfgang Becker
as Observierer
Dagmar Berghoff
as Self
Claudia Eisinger
as Dr. Antje Munsberg
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