

11/12/2025
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.

Charly Hübner
as Micha Hartung

Christiane Paul
as Paula

Steffen Jürgens
as Tobias

Leonie Benesch
as

Daniel Brühl
as

Jürgen Vogel
as

Eva Löbau
as

Dirk Martens
as

Thorsten Merten
as

Helena Landau
as Naia

Jörn Hentschel
as Bernd

Holger Handtke
as

Annabelle Mandeng
as

Leslie Malton
as

Bernhard Schütz
as

Claudia Eisinger
as

Lilli Fichtner
as

Yvon Sable Moltzen
as

Anna von Seld
as

Leon Ullrich
as Alexander Landmann

Peter Kurth
as

Katarina Witt
as Self

Adisat Semenitsch
as

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
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