Overview
- Charly Hübner leads as Micha, an East Berlin S‑Bahn worker who is thrust into a public role as a Republikflucht hero.
- Reviews from Sächsische Zeitung and Der Tagesspiegel praise the film’s warmth, humor, and finely tuned performances.
- Leon Ullrich plays journalist Alexander Landmann, who identifies Micha in archival Stasi material and sets the story in motion.
- Critics single out a TV‑studio sequence on the program Mona am Abend featuring a cameo by Kati Witt as a standout moment.
- The ensemble’s work is framed as a farewell to Wolfgang Becker, who completed the film shortly before his death.