Heroes Like Us

Heroes Like Us (1999)

November 8th, 19991h 33min

Drama, Comedy, Romance
51%

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.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Exploring the Brandenburg Marche

Exploring the Brandenburg Marche


Released on: 1982-04-21
Drama

On a forest road in the Brandenburg March, village teacher Potsch accidentally encounters the distin...

Little Berlin

Little Berlin


Released on: 2020-10-01
History, Comedy

When the Iron Curtain cuts his tiny German village in half, Peter the bull gets separated from his 3...

Schlaf Night

Schlaf Night


Released on: 2018-03-22
Drama

August, 1961: in an East Berlin jazz club, dissident Andreas, released from jail, awaits reunion wit...

Coming Out

Coming Out


Released on: 1989-11-09
Drama, Romance

Philipp, a closeted teacher, is dating a female colleague to keep up appearances. One night he stumb...

Friendship!

Friendship!


Released on: 2010-01-13
Comedy, Drama

A young man from East Germany travels to San Francisco to search for his father, who fled 12 years a...

Wrong Side Up

Wrong Side Up


Released on: 2005-02-17
Comedy, Drama

A man who deals with parcels at an airport cargo company finds that he likes planes more than people...

Ocana, der Engel der in der Qual singt

Ocana, der Engel der in der Qual singt


Released on: 1979-04-04
Documentary, Comedy

Legendary drag performer Ocaña in performance with a cardboard Marilyn on the west side of the Berl...

The Pink Elephant

The Pink Elephant


Released on: 2021-12-12
Drama, Romance

The powers of love are always at work. But when they do so in an ancient southern Italian town at su...

Two to One

Two to One


Released on: 2024-07-25
Comedy, Drama, Crime, Romance

An East German community finds millions in soon-to-be-worthless marks during 1990s reunification, an...

East of the Wall

East of the Wall


Released on: 1985-03-28
Drama, Romance

Felix from West-Berlin falls in love with Thomas in East-Berlin. At first they keep their relationsh...

Island of Swans

Island of Swans


Released on: 1983-04-28
Family, Drama

Fourteen-year-old Stefan Kolbe, along with his mother and sister, moves from an idyllic small town t...

3 1/2 Hours

3 1/2 Hours


Released on: 2021-07-02
TV Movie, Drama, History

August 13, 1961: The passengers on the interzonal train from Munich to East Berlin learn 3½ hours be...

Open the Wall

Open the Wall


Released on: 2014-11-05
Drama, Comedy

A lighthearted look at the opening of the border crossing of Bornholmer Straße in Berlin from the po...

One-way to Moscow

One-way to Moscow


Released on: 2020-02-13
Comedy

30 years ago, Switzerland was shaken by a scandal that seems to have already been forgotten: more th...

Balloon

Balloon


Released on: 2018-09-27
Thriller, Drama, History

Two families attempt a daredevil plan to escape the GDR with a homemade hot air balloon, but it cras...

A Business Affair

A Business Affair


Released on: 1994-03-16
Comedy, Romance

This is the story of the lovely Kate Swallow and the loves of her life. At the start she is with Ale...

Maine Pyar Kiya

Maine Pyar Kiya


Released on: 1989-12-29
Romance, Drama, Comedy

After Suman's father leaves her in the care of another family while he travels abroad, she falls in ...

Dessau Dancers

Dessau Dancers


Released on: 2014-06-29
Music, Comedy

In the summer of 1985, an American movie also ignites young people in the GDR: "Beatstreet" ensures ...

Ye Maaya Chesave

Ye Maaya Chesave


Released on: 2010-02-26
Romance, Drama

An aspiring Hindu director falls in love with a Christian girl whose parents disapprove of their imp...

The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall

The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall


Released on: 1965-03-17
Drama

Not realizing the dangers he is facing, Young Dieter will do anything to get his ball back after it ...