Film

Berlin Hero

2025 · 1h 53m · Comedy

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.

Charly Hübner

Micha Hartung

Christiane Paul

Paula

Leon Ullrich

Alexander Landmann

Daniel Brühl

Alex Allonge

Leonie Benesch

Natalie Hartung

Dirk Martens

Holger Röslein

Thorsten Merten

Harald Wischnewsky

Peter Kurth

Fritz Teubner

Eva Löbau

Beate

Steffen Jürgens

Tobias

Jürgen Vogel

Commercial Director

Helena Landau

Naia

Jörn Hentschel

Bernd

Holger Handtke

Annabelle Mandeng

Leslie Malton

• Wolfgang BeckerDirector
• Constantin LiebWriter · Executive Producer
• Maxim LeoNovel
• Stefan ArndtProducer
• Achim von BorriesProducer
• Marcus LogesExecutive Producer
• Ivan SamokhvalovExecutive Producer
• Olexander TsekaloExecutive Producer
• Bernd FischerDirector of Photography
• Lorenz DangelOriginal Music Composer

Release date

December 11, 2025

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

6

Genres

Comedy

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