Jan 21, 2001
150 min
Full-HD

The Tunnel (2001)

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.

Category

Drama Thriller

Country

Germany

Companies

Sat.1 teamWorx

Heino Ferch

Harry Melchior

Nicolette Krebitz

Friederike " Fritzi " Scholz

Sebastian Koch

Matthis Hiller

Alexandra Maria Lara

Lotte Lohmann

Claudia Michelsen

Carola Hiller

Felix Eitner

Fred von Klausnitz

Mehmet Kurtuluş

Vittorio Castanza

Heinrich Schmieder

Theo Lohmann

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