Heroes Like Us
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58% Critic Match

Heroes Like Us

5.8 / 10 1999 1h 33mNR German
DramaComedyRomance

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Daniel Borgwardt

Daniel Borgwardt

Klaus Uhltzscht

Lead
Xenia Snagowski

Xenia Snagowski

Yvonne Anders

AH

Adrian Heidenreich

Klaus als Kind

LL

Luca Lenz

Yvonne als Kind

Kirsten Block

Kirsten Block

Mutter Uhltzscht

Dietmar Huhn

Dietmar Huhn

Grabs

Gojko Mitić

Gojko Mitić

Yvonnes Vater

Renate Krößner

Renate Krößner

Frau Lorenz, Klaus' Lehrerin

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Sebastian Peterson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Heroes Like Us is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker