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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Cast & Crew.
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
Hans Nitschke
Trainer Harry
Rita Serra-Roll
Casting
Thomas Wander
Original Music Composer
Bettina Schmidt
Production Design
Johannes W. Betz
Screenplay
Alicia Remirez
Executive Producer
Harald Kloser
Original Music Composer
Peter R. Adam
Editor
Nico Hofmann
Producer
Ariane Krampe
Producer
Madeleine Remy
Executive Producer / Line Producer
Roland Suso Richter
Director
Martin Langer
Director of Photography
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 21, 2001
Original NameDer Tunnel
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 30m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
berlin germany
berlin wall
german democratic republic
border
german-german border
escape agent
east berlin
west berlin
escape
tunnel
Wiki.
The Tunnel (German: 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.
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