Overview

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.

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Cast

Charly Hübner

Micha Hartung

Christiane Paul

Paula

Leon Ullrich

Alexander Landmann

Daniel Brühl

Alex Allonge

Leonie Benesch

Natalie Hartung

Dirk Martens

Holger Röslein

Thorsten Merten

Harald Wischnewsky

Peter Kurth

Fritz Teubner

Eva Löbau

Beate

Steffen Jürgens

Tobias

Jürgen Vogel

Commercial Director

Jörn Hentschel

Bernd