BERLIN HERO

БЕРЛИНСКИЙ ГЕРОЙ / DER HELD VOM BAHNHOF FRIEDRICHSTRASSE

Closing film

director

WOLFGANG BECKER

GERMANY, 2025
113'

23 Apr, Th

19:00

Karo 11 Oktyabr, Hall 1

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The film centers on Michael Hartung, the owner of a hopelessly indebted video store

Everything changes for him when an ambitious journalist confronts him with the results of his investigation: many years ago Michael, once a Deutsche Reichsbahn employee, supposedly organized the largest mass escape from the GDR. Tempted by a hefty payment, Michael confirms the story, though only fragments of it are true. All of a sudden, he is a national hero – interviews, talk shows, a speech in Bundestag. But the brighter the glow of his fame the more horrible the price of exposure, and Michael is willing to spin his story further so as not to lose the admiration of society and most importantly the love and respect of his relatives.

script	constantin lieb, wolfgang becker
camera	bernd fischer
design	claus-jÜrgen pfeiffer
music	lorenz dangel
producer	stefan arndt, achim von borries, ivan samokhvalov, alexander tsekalo, marcus loges, constantin lieb, sergey shishkin, gavriil gordeev
cast	charly hÜbner, christiane paul, leon ullrich, leonie benesch, daniel brÜhl, thorsten merten, jÜrgen vogel, peter kurth, wolfgang becker
production	x-filme creative pool, kalamata film, koryphÄen film, pergamon film, hessischer rundfunk
world sales	https://www.x-verleih.de/, b.ottaviani@minervapictures.com