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The Tunnel
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2011 German television film directed by Roland Suso Richter
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7.1Inspired 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.
Released: 2001-01-21150 minDir: Roland Suso RichterDrama, Thriller
Cast
- Heino Ferch as Harry Melchior
- Nicolette Krebitz as Friederike " Fritzi " Scholz
- Sebastian Koch as Matthis Hiller
- Alexandra Maria Lara as Lotte Lohmann
- Claudia Michelsen as Carola Hiller
- Felix Eitner as Fred von Klausnitz
Themes
- berlin, germany
- escape
- berlin wall
- german democratic republic
- border
- german-german border
- escape agent
- east berlin
- west berlin
- tunnel
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- German
- Director
- Roland Suso Richter
- Composer
- Thomas Wander
- Narrative location
- Berlin
- Duration
- 150
- FilmAffinity ID
- 640753
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2001-01-01
- film editor
- Peter R. Adam
- title
- Der Tunnel
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 84%
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