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The Tunnel

Der Tunnel

20012h 30m7.2/ 10 · TMDB · 118 votes
DramaThriller

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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Directed by Roland Suso Richter

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Ansh Kapoor

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The people behind the story

Heino Ferch
Heino Ferch

Harry Melchior

Nicolette Krebitz
Nicolette Krebitz

Friederike " Fritzi " Scholz

Sebastian Koch
Sebastian Koch

Matthis Hiller

Alexandra Maria Lara
Alexandra Maria Lara

Lotte Lohmann

Claudia Michelsen
Claudia Michelsen

Carola Hiller

Felix Eitner
Felix Eitner

Fred von Klausnitz

Mehmet Kurtuluş
Mehmet Kurtuluş

Vittorio Castanza

Heinrich Schmieder
Heinrich Schmieder

Theo Lohmann

Uwe Kockisch
Uwe Kockisch

Oberst Krüger

Karin Baal
Karin Baal

Marianne von Krausnitz

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Film details

Released21 Jan 2001
Original languageGerman
CountriesGermany
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Dorothea Moritz

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Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger
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