Heroes Like Us

Nov 8, 1999

1h 33m

★ 5.1

Overview

A young man from an early age falls in love with a girl whose family is not in good standing with the ruling Communist party. His father however is a member of the "Stasi", the secret state police. The father not only hinders his son's relationship with the girl, but he arranges for his son, after finishing school, to become a Stasi spy himself.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Senator Film

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Cast

Klaus Uhltzscht

Daniel Borgwardt

Yvonne Anders

Xenia Snagowski

Klaus als Kind

Adrian Heidenreich

Yvonne als Kind

Luca Lenz

Mutter Uhltzscht

Kirsten Block

Grabs

Dietmar Huhn

Yvonnes Vater

Gojko Mitić

Frau Lorenz, Klaus' Lehrerin

Renate Krößner

Vater Uhltzscht

Udo Kroschwald

Wunderlich

Volkmar Kleinert

Joachim Lätsch

Daniel Graf

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