The Tunnel (2001)
2h 30m
Running Time
January 21, 2001Release Date
The Tunnel (2001)
2h 30m
Running Time
January 21, 2001Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Heino Ferch
Harry Melchior
Nicolette Krebitz
Friederike 'Fritzi' Scholz
Sebastian Koch
Matthis Hiller
Claudia Michelsen
Carola Hiller
Alexandra Maria Lara
Charlotte 'Lotte' Lohmann
Roland Suso Richter
Director
Felix Eitner
Fred von Klausnitz
Johannes W. Betz
Writer
Mehmet Kurtuluş
Vittorio Castanza
Heinrich Schmieder
Theo Lohmann
Nico Hofmann
Producer
Ariane Krampe
Producer
Uwe Kockisch
Oberst Krüger
Harald Kloser
Composer
Karin Baal
Marianne von Krausnitz
Dorothea Moritz
Hermine
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 21, 2001
Original NameDer Tunnel
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 30m
Genres
Wiki.
Der Tunnel is a made-for-television German film released in 2001 and loosely based on true events in Berlin following
the closing of the East German border in August 1961 and the subsequent construction of the Berlin Wall. Roland Suso Richter directed the film. The theatrical release is 20 minutes shorter than the original television version. The subtitled English version was released in 2005.