Berlin Hero (Germany) "crowd pleasing" Australian Book Review
Tue, 14 July
|Strand Cinema Caloundra
To celebrate 30 years since the fall of the wall, a journalist embellishes a man's involvement in a mass escape of East Germans which becomes a media sensation. Mischa, in debt and out of love, finds riches and love. As the truth closes in will his hero status hold. " funny and sharp"
Time & Location
14 July 2026, 7:00 pm – 8:50 pm
Strand Cinema Caloundra, 11 Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, Australia
About the Event
Berlin Hero film trailer HERE (film will play with English sub-titles)
Directed by Wolfgang Becker (Good Bye, Lenin!) Stars Charly Hubner, Leon Ulrich, Peter Kurth, Daniel Bruhl
M 112 Min Excellent Comedy-Drama
As the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Brelin Wall approaches a reporter for a sensationalist magazine calls on video-shop rental owner Micha Hartung (a terrific and perfect Charly Hubner) to interview him about his alleged involvement in the biggest mass escape in the history of the GDR. A train that crossed from East Berlin to the West with not a shot fired.
Sensing a payoff, Micha hits up the suitably slimy journalist for some money to tell his story which he exaggerates for a bigger pay off. He was responsible for changing the points so the train could cross over to the West. Expecting it to be yesterday's news when it's published, his story becomes front page and…
Tickets
General Admission
$16.25
+$0.41 ticket service fee
Group Pass (Admits 4)
$58.00
+$1.45 ticket service fee
Concession Ticket
$15.25
+$0.38 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00