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The Tunnel

Original title: Der Tunnel

2001 · 2h 30m

Directed by Roland Suso Richter

7.2

TMDB audience score
119 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • Heino Ferch
    Harry Melchior

  • Nicolette Krebitz
    Friederike " Fritzi " Scholz

  • Sebastian Koch
    Matthis Hiller

  • Alexandra Maria Lara
    Lotte Lohmann

  • Claudia Michelsen
    Carola Hiller

  • Felix Eitner
    Fred von Klausnitz

  • Mehmet Kurtuluş
    Vittorio Castanza

  • Heinrich Schmieder
    Theo Lohmann

  • Uwe Kockisch
    Oberst Krüger

  • Karin Baal
    Marianne von Krausnitz

  • Dorothea Moritz
    Hermine

  • Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger
    Fotograf Grüner

  • Florian Panzner
    Heiner

  • Sarah Kubel
    Ina Lohmann

  • Ruth Glöss
    Mutter Fritzi

  • Wilfried Hochholdinger
    Bellofs

  • Christine Harbort
    Frau Meckel

  • Wilhelm Manske
    Kaderführer