Der Tunnel
The Tunnel
The Berlin Wall inspired some of the most daring escape attempts. This is the true story of one of them.
It is 1961, the same year that Communist East Germany begins construction on the Berlin Wall.
East German Harry Melchior is already suffocating in the stench of oppression. He wants out, but his beloved sister Lotte fears that an escape attempt into West Berlin would be too dangerous for her young daughter. Harry reluctantly leaves Lotte behind, but swears that he will return to rescue her. Once safely in the West, Harry teams up with his best friend Matthis, an engineer, and they plan their nearly-impossible project. Nine harrowing months and 145 meters later, despite cave-ins, flooding and Stasi spies, the team breaks through the cellar of a building in East Berlin. Having defied the ever-present dangers of failure and death, Harry and his team now guide Lotte, as well as 28 others, into the freedom of the West.
Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Music
Cast
- Harry Melchior
- Friederike "Fritzi" Scholz
- Matthis Hiller
- Lotte Lohmann
- Carola Hiller
- Fred von Klausnitz
- Vittorio "Vic" Castenza
- Theo Lohmann
- Marianne von Klausnitz
- Oberst Krüger
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Lighting design
Set design
Make-up artist
Costume design
Assistant editor
Sound editor
Foley editor
Sound design
Sound
Stunt co-ordinator
Music
Cast
- Harry Melchior
- Friederike "Fritzi" Scholz
- Matthis Hiller
- Lotte Lohmann
- Carola Hiller
- Fred von Klausnitz
- Vittorio "Vic" Castenza
- Theo Lohmann
- Marianne von Klausnitz
- Oberst Krüger
- Georg Himmrich
- Fotograf Grüner
- Bellofs
- Herbert König
- William Ogilvie
- Ewald Mezger
- Gerald McLoud
- Friedrich Meyer
- Uniformierte
- Schaffnerin
Production company
in association with
Producer
Producer (TV)
Line producer
Unit production manager
Location manager
Original distributor
Original video distributor
DVD distributor
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 02.01.2001, 86695, ab 12 Jahre [DVD]
Uraufführung (DE): 21.01.2001, Sat1 [Teil 1];
Uraufführung (DE): 22.01.2001, Sat1, Teil 2
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Der Tunnel
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 02.01.2001, 86695, ab 12 Jahre [DVD]
Uraufführung (DE): 21.01.2001, Sat1 [Teil 1];
Uraufführung (DE): 22.01.2001, Sat1, Teil 2