Tunnel-Child (1990)
1h 28m
Running Time
February 7, 1990Release Date
Plot.
1969. The Prague Spring has been demolished. New barbed wire installations have been erected. Julia, who is thirteen, has moved with her mother to a village in northern Austria which lies on the Czech border.
Julia has not spoken since her father's death. Her isolation increases in the village where she is an outsider. Provoked into proving her courage by some young villagers, she walks into no-man's land. She discovers a forgotten tunnel which leads to a construction site on the Czech side of the border. Julia makes the acquaintance of Roland, a forty-five-year-old surveyor, on "the other side". An ambivalent father-daughter relationship develops between them. Roman is the only one to whom she confides the secret of her border crossings. Due to his affection for her, she regains her ability to speak. And she starts to feel at ease with Alexander, who is her age. Roman makes new plans at Julia's urging. The insurmountable border foritfications will remain vulnerable . . .
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Cast & Crew.
Silvia Lang
Julia
August Schmölzer
Freund der Mutter
Georges Kern
Lehrer
Josef Griesser
Roman
Volker Fuchs
Alexander
Claudia Martini
Elisa
Christoph Künzler
Volek
Erhard Riedlsperger
Director
Peter Zeitlinger
Writer
Peter Zeitlinger
Writer
Michael Mautner
Composer
Veronika Putz
Editor
Wolfgang Rest
Production Manager
Fritz Hollergschwandtner
ProductionDesigner
Wulf Flemming
Producer
Uwe Kohrs
Sound
Vivien Bronner
Costume Design
Hans Wiesinger
Sound Mixer
Details.
Wiki.
The film is by Erhard Riedlsperger. The film was released in 1992.