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.
Cast
Charly Hübner
Micha Hartung
Christiane Paul
Paula
Leonie Benesch
Unknown
Daniel Brühl
Unknown
Jürgen Vogel
Unknown
Leon Ullrich
Alexander Landmann
Thorsten Merten
Unknown
Peter Kurth
Unknown
Eva Löbau
Unknown
Dirk Martens
Unknown
Steffen Jürgens
Tobias
Helena Landau
Naia
Jörn Hentschel
Bernd
Holger Handtke
Unknown
Annabelle Mandeng
Unknown
Leslie Malton
Unknown
Bernhard Schütz
Unknown
Claudia Eisinger
Unknown
Lilli Fichtner
Unknown
Yvon Sable Moltzen
Unknown
Anna von Seld
Unknown
Katarina Witt
Self
Adisat Semenitsch
Unknown
Heike Hanold-Lynch
Sybille Wischnewsky
David Ruland
G.M. Kiessling
Franz Gnauck
Micha Hartung (young)
Alma Löhr
Melanie
Marvin Wieser-Kloss
Sekretär
Roderich Gramse
old Man
Phileas Heyblom
Linus
Laila Nielsen
Bauer
Irma Trommer
Mitarbeiterin
Philip Dobraß
Kollege Graf
Alida Bohnen
Frau Geist
Crew
Wolfgang Becker
Director, Writer
Constantin Lieb
Writer
Maxim Leo
Novel
Bernd Fischer
Director of Photography
Tanja Däberitz
Assistant Director
Stefan Arndt
Producer
Claus-Jürgen Pfeiffer
Production Design
Suse Marquardt
Casting Director
Johannes Hampel
Sound
Jonas Buerschaper
Lighting Technician
Pablo Ruiz
Lighting Technician
Felix Spröde
Lighting Technician
Lorenz Dangel
Original Music Composer
Moritz Martin
Best Boy Electrician
Marc Lubosch
Gaffer