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Heroes Like Us (1999)
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.
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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.
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Genre:Drama, Comedy, Romance
Written By:Thomas Brussig, Markus Dittrich, Sebastian Peterson, Markus Dittrich
In Theaters:11/10/1999
Box Office:
Runtime:93 minutes
Studio:Senator Film
Cast
Sebastian Peterson
Director
Daniel Borgwardt
Klaus Uhltzscht
Xenia Snagowski
Yvonne Anders
Adrian Heidenreich
Klaus als Kind
Luca Lenz
Yvonne als Kind
Kirsten Block
Mutter Uhltzscht
Dietmar Huhn
Grabs
Gojko Mitić
Yvonnes Vater
Renate Krößner
Frau Lorenz, Klaus' Lehrerin
Udo Kroschwald
Vater Uhltzscht
Volkmar Kleinert
Wunderlich
Joachim Lätsch
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