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Tunnel to Freedom
Tunnel to Freedom

Tunnel to Freedom

A true German story

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13 August 1961: the GDR closes the sector borders in Berlin. The city is divided overnight. Escape to the West becomes more dangerous every day. But on September 14, 1962, exactly one year, one month and one day after the Wall was built, a group of 29 people from the GDR managed to escape spectacularly through a 135-meter tunnel to the West. For more than 4 months, students from West Berlin, including 2 Italians, dug this tunnel. When the tunnel builders ran out of money after only a few meters of digging, they came up with the idea of marketing the escape tunnel. They sell the film rights to the story exclusively to NBC, an American television station.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

95 mins

Rating

7.2/10

Release Date

22 July 2021

Country

Germany

Cast

Udo Rau

Udo Rau

Narrator (voice)

Claus Stürmer

Claus Stürmer

Self

Inge Stürmer

Inge Stürmer

Self

Kerstin Stürmer

Kerstin Stürmer

Self

Peter Schmidt Vogel

Peter Schmidt Vogel

Self (archive footage)

Luigi Spina

Luigi Spina

Self (archive footage)

Domenico Sesta

Domenico Sesta

Self (archive footage)

Hasso Herschel

Hasso Herschel

Self

Uli Pfeiffer

Uli Pfeiffer

Self (archive footage)

Anita Herschel

Anita Herschel

Self (archive footage)

Joachim Rudolph

Joachim Rudolph

Self (archive footage)

Franz Baake

Franz Baake

Self (archive footage)

Fritjof Meyer

Fritjof Meyer

Self (archive footage)

Peter Dehmel

Peter Dehmel

Self (archive footage)

Egon Bahr

Egon Bahr

Self (archive footage)

Ellen Sesta

Ellen Sesta

Self (archive footage)

Daniel Schorr

Daniel Schorr

Self (archive footage)

Reuven Frank

Reuven Frank

Self (archive footage)

Eveline Rudolph

Eveline Rudolph

Self (archive footage)

Ekkehardt Schirmer

Ekkehardt Schirmer

Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Walter Ulbricht

Walter Ulbricht

Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Self (archive footage)

Helmut Kohl

Helmut Kohl

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Lothar de Maizière

Lothar de Maizière

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Richard von Weizsäcker

Richard von Weizsäcker

Self (voice) (archive footage)

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