Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße

Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße

Drama, Thriller | Dec. 11, 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.

Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße

Drama, Thriller | Dec. 11, 2025

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.
Producers X Filme Creative Pool, HR, Pergamon Film, Koryphäen Film, Kalamata Film
Original title Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße
Directors Tanja Däberitz, Wolfgang Becker
Writers Maxim Leo, Wolfgang Becker, Constantin Lieb

Cast

Charly Hübner

as Micha Hartung

Christiane Paul

as Paula

Steffen Jürgens

as Tobias

Helena Landau

as Naia

Jörn Hentschel

as Bernd

Leon Ullrich

as Alexander Landmann

Katarina Witt

as Self

Heike Hanold-Lynch

as Sybille Wischnewsky

David Ruland

as G.M. Kiessling

Franz Gnauck

as Micha Hartung (young)

Alma Löhr

as Melanie

Marvin Wieser-Kloss

as Sekretär

Roderich Gramse

as old Man

Phileas Heyblom

as Linus

Laila Nielsen

as Bauer

Irma Trommer

as Mitarbeiterin

Philip Dobraß

as Kollege Graf

Alida Bohnen

as Frau Geist