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The Tunnel

The Tunnel

★ 7.2/10•2001•2h 30m•12•Drama•Thriller

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.

Johannes W. Betz · Screenplay

Roland Suso Richter · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 30m
LanguageDE
Release DateJan 21, 2001

Actors

Heino Ferch

Heino Ferch

Harry Melchior

Nicolette Krebitz

Nicolette Krebitz

Friederike " Fritzi " Scholz

Sebastian Koch

Sebastian Koch

Matthis Hiller

Alexandra Maria Lara

Alexandra Maria Lara

Lotte Lohmann

Claudia Michelsen

Claudia Michelsen

Carola Hiller

Felix Eitner

Felix Eitner

Fred von Klausnitz

Mehmet Kurtuluş

Mehmet Kurtuluş

Vittorio Castanza

Heinrich Schmieder

Heinrich Schmieder

Theo Lohmann

Uwe Kockisch

Uwe Kockisch

Oberst Krüger

Karin Baal

Karin Baal

Marianne von Krausnitz

Dorothea Moritz

Hermine

Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger

Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger

Fotograf Grüner

Florian Panzner

Florian Panzner

Heiner

Sarah Kubel

Ina Lohmann

Ruth Glöss

Mutter Fritzi

Wilfried Hochholdinger

Wilfried Hochholdinger

Bellofs

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