

Heroes Like Us
1999-11-08 · 93 min · ★ 5.8
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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- Directors
- Sebastian Peterson
- Production companies
- Senator Film
- Countries
- Germany
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Daniel BorgwardtKlaus Uhltzscht
Xenia SnagowskiYvonne Anders
Kirsten BlockMutter Uhltzscht
Dietmar HuhnGrabs
Gojko MitićYvonnes Vater
Renate KrößnerFrau Lorenz, Klaus' Lehrerin
Udo KroschwaldVater Uhltzscht
Volkmar KleinertWunderlich
Joachim Lätsch
Manfred Richter
Axel Werner
Karl Kranzkowski
Ramona Kunze-Libnow
Angela Brunner
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