Overview
Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister and others flee East Berlin through a 145-yard underground tunnel.
Fun facts
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Setting
Set in Berlin
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Music
Music by Harald Kloser and Thomas Wander
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Martin Langer
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Johannes W. BetzScreenplay
- Original title
- Der Tunnel
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 21, 2001
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany
Production
Cast
Heino FerchHarry Melchior
Nicolette KrebitzFriederike " Fritzi " Scholz
Sebastian KochMatthis Hiller
Alexandra Maria LaraLotte Lohmann
Claudia MichelsenCarola Hiller
Felix EitnerFred von Klausnitz
Mehmet KurtuluşVittorio Castanza
Heinrich SchmiederTheo Lohmann
Uwe KockischOberst Krüger
Karin BaalMarianne von Krausnitz- Dorothea MoritzHermine
Wolf-Dietrich SprengerFotograf Grüner
Florian PanznerHeiner- Sarah KubelIna Lohmann
- Ruth GlössMutter Fritzi
Wilfried HochholdingerBellofs
Christine HarbortFrau Meckel- Wilhelm ManskeKaderführer
- Hans NitschkeTrainer Harry
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