The Tunnel

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-01-21

Languages:

German

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

150 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (5085 Reviews)

Director:

Roland Suso Richter

Genres:

Action Drama History

Cast:

Heino Ferch Nicolette Krebitz Sebastian Koch Alexandra Maria Lara

Writer:

Johannes W. Betz

Fullplot:

Based on a true story a group of East Berliners escaping to the West. Harry Melchior was a champion East German swimmer at odds with the system under which he has already been imprisoned. On his own escape, he is determined the arrange the escape to the West of his sister and her family. The idea of the tunnel is born, but the project does not run smoothly. The participants struggle not only with the massive logistics of their task, but betrayal from friends in the East. And always the East German police are close to discovering the plot.

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