In 1962, a group of East Berliners escapes to West Berlin through a tunnel dug from the basement of a house located near the Berlin Wall.In 1962, a group of East Berliners escapes to West Berlin through a tunnel dug from the basement of a house located near the Berlin Wall.In 1962, a group of East Berliners escapes to West Berlin through a tunnel dug from the basement of a house located near the Berlin Wall.
Hans Waldemar Anders
- Junkman
- (uncredited)
Alfred Balthoff
- Klussendorf - a Neighbor
- (uncredited)
Erwin Becker
- NVA-Grenzbeamter
- (uncredited)
Christian Böttcher
- Fritz - West Berliner
- (uncredited)
Klaus Dahlen
- Mechanic
- (uncredited)
Ronald Dehne
- Helmut Schröder
- (uncredited)
Claus Eberth
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaEast German police on patrol boats tried to disrupt filming by shining searchlights at the cameras. Director Robert Siodmak assembled a decoy crew to distract the East Germans and filmed the scene along the canal a short distance away.
- GoofsMany of the escapees had suitcases and personal item, like dishes, as if they were going on vacation or moving. People escaping like this would go with the clothes on their backs.
- Quotes
Uncle Albrecht: Off to band practice. We are marching in the celebration parade. I don't know what we're celebrating, but we are marching.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Der Tunnel (1999)
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Risking everything for freedom
For many younger people today, they might have no idea what life was like during the occupation of Eastern Europe by the Soviets. Freedom was negligible and people did not have to right to live or go where they wanted. And, in Berlin, the city was divided into an East and West sector...and in the early 60s, the East German government put up a wall to deter folks from going to the West and freedom. And, to guarantee this, guard towers, machine guns and barbed wire were strung along the wall. And, many people died trying to sneak across or over or under the wall. This film concerns a group who are tunneling under the wall.
So is it any good? Yes...especially because it's a nice history lesson. My only complaint, and it's very minor, is that I didn't understand putting Don Murray in the lead...a German leading man would have made more sense. Still, it's well worth seeing.
So is it any good? Yes...especially because it's a nice history lesson. My only complaint, and it's very minor, is that I didn't understand putting Don Murray in the lead...a German leading man would have made more sense. Still, it's well worth seeing.
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- Tunnel 28
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- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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