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The Tunnel

Original title: Der Tunnel

  • Movie
  • 2001
  • 2h 30m

Directed by Roland Suso Richter

7.2

TMDB audience rating
7.2 out of 10 from 119 votes

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Overview

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 and crew

  • Heino Ferch

    Heino FerchHarry Melchior

  • Nicolette Krebitz

    Nicolette KrebitzFriederike " Fritzi " Scholz

  • Sebastian Koch

    Sebastian KochMatthis Hiller

  • Alexandra Maria Lara

    Alexandra Maria LaraLotte Lohmann

  • Claudia Michelsen

    Claudia MichelsenCarola Hiller

  • Felix Eitner

    Felix EitnerFred von Klausnitz

  • Mehmet Kurtuluş

    Mehmet KurtuluşVittorio Castanza

  • Heinrich Schmieder

    Heinrich SchmiederTheo Lohmann

  • Uwe Kockisch

    Uwe KockischOberst Krüger

  • Karin Baal

    Karin BaalMarianne von Krausnitz

  • Dorothea MoritzHermine

  • Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger

    Wolf-Dietrich SprengerFotograf Grüner

  • Florian Panzner

    Florian PanznerHeiner

  • Sarah KubelIna Lohmann

  • Ruth GlössMutter Fritzi

  • Wilfried Hochholdinger

    Wilfried HochholdingerBellofs

  • Christine Harbort

    Christine HarbortFrau Meckel

  • Wilhelm ManskeKaderführer

Director
Roland Suso Richter
Writer
Johannes W. Betz
Music
Thomas Wander and Harald Kloser
Cinematography
Martin Langer