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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