The Tunnel

Film · 2001 TMDB 7.2 119 votes

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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Roland Suso Richter

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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 D Dorothea MoritzHermine

Wolf-Dietrich SprengerFotograf Grüner

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Release date 2001-01-21

Countries Germany

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