Heroes Like Us
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
93 min
Release Date
1999-11-08
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Vote Count
7
Vote Average
5.143
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
Franz Viehmann
Manfred Richter
Axel Werner
Karl Kranzkowski
Ramona Kunze-Libnow
Angela Brunner
6.9
Definitely, Maybe
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7.1
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6.3
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
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6.9
Two Lovers
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5.7
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6.3
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5.2
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5.9
The Legend of Rita
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2000-09-14 | de
6.2
No Place to Go
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5.8
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6.8
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6.3
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0.0
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5.3
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6.4
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7.2
Windstruck
Kyung-jin, a police officer who finds herself chasing down a suspected bag-snatcher on her day off. However, the man she catches turns out to be Myungwoo, a passer-by who was himself trying to apprehend the real criminal.
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6.3
Buffalo Soldiers
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6.8
Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie
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4.5
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7.9
The Notebook
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