The Hero of Friedrichstrasse Station (2025)
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.
Director: Wolfgang Becker
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Charly Hübner as Micha Hartung |
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Christiane Paul as Paula |
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Leon Ullrich as Alexander Landmann |
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Daniel Brühl as Alex Allonge |
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Leonie Benesch as Natalie Hartung |
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Dirk Martens as Holger Röslein |
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Thorsten Merten as Harald Wischnewsky |
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Peter Kurth as Fritz Teubner |
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Eva Löbau as Beate |
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Steffen Jürgens as Tobias |
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Jürgen Vogel as Commercial Director |
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Helena Landau as Naia |
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Jörn Hentschel as Bernd |
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Holger Handtke as |
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Annabelle Mandeng as |
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Leslie Malton as |
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Bernhard Schütz as |
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Claudia Eisinger as |
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Lilli Fichtner as |
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Yvon Sable Moltzen as |
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Anna von Seld as |
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Katarina Witt as Self |
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Adisat Semenitsch as |
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Heike Hanold-Lynch as Sybille Wischnewsky |
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David Ruland as G.M. Kiessling |
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Franz Gnauck as Micha Hartung (young) |
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Alma Löhr as Melanie |
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Marvin Wieser-Kloss as Sekretär |
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Roderich Gramse as old Man |
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Phileas Heyblom as Linus |
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Laila Nielsen as Bauer |
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Irma Trommer as Mitarbeiterin |
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Philip Dobraß as Kollege Graf |
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Alida Bohnen as Frau Geist |
| Writing | Constantin Lieb | Writer |
| Directing | Wolfgang Becker | Director |
| Camera | Bernd Fischer | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Johannes Hampel | Sound |
| Art | Claus-Jürgen Pfeiffer | Production Design |
| Directing | Tanja Däberitz | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Maxim Leo | Novel |
| Production | Stefan Arndt | Producer |
| Lighting | Marc Lubosch | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Moritz Martin | Best Boy Electrician |
| Lighting | Jonas Buerschaper | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Pablo Ruiz | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Felix Spröde | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Lorenz Dangel | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Achim von Borries | Producer |
| Production | Constantin Lieb | Executive Producer |
| Production | Marcus Loges | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ivan Samokhvalov | Executive Producer |
| Production | Aleksandr Tsekalo | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Wolfgang Becker | Co-Writer |
| Production | Suse Marquardt | Casting |
| Crew | Jörg Himstedt | Commissioning Editor |