Berlin Hero
6.6(17) 2025-12-11 113 minComedy
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.
WriterConstantin Lieb
DirectorWolfgang Becker
ProducerStefan Arndt
Original Music ComposerLorenz Dangel
ProducerAchim von Borries
Cast & characters
Charly Hübner
as Micha Hartung
Christiane Paul
as Paula
Leon Ullrich
as Alexander Landmann
Daniel Brühl
as Alex Allonge
Leonie Benesch
as Natalie Hartung
Dirk Martens
as Holger Röslein
Thorsten Merten
as Harald Wischnewsky
Peter Kurth
as Fritz Teubner
Eva Löbau
as Beate
Steffen Jürgens
as Tobias
Jürgen Vogel
as Commercial Director
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Helena Landau
as Naia
Jörn Hentschel
as Bernd
Holger Handtke
as —
Annabelle Mandeng
as —
Leslie Malton
as —
Bernhard Schütz
as —
Claudia Eisinger
as —
Lilli Fichtner
as —
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Yvon Moltzen
as —
Anna von Seld
as —
Katarina Witt
as Self
Adisat Semenitsch
as —
Heike Hanold-Lynch
as Sybille Wischnewsky
