Heroes Like Us

Heroes Like Us

1999 · 93 min · ★ 5.8 · Drama, Comedy, Romance

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.

Directed by Sebastian Peterson · Written by Sebastian Peterson

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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
Daniel Graf

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