The Tunnel

The Tunnel

2001•2h 30m•7.1/10

DramaThriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.1/10(109)

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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Production

Sat.1, teamWorx

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

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

Dorothea Moritz

Hermine

Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger

Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger

Fotograf Grüner

Florian Panzner

Florian Panzner

Heiner

Sarah Kubel

Ina Lohmann

Ruth Glöss

Mutter Fritzi

Wilfried Hochholdinger

Wilfried Hochholdinger

Bellofs

Christine Harbort

Christine Harbort

Frau Meckel

Wilhelm Manske

Kaderführer

Hans Nitschke

Trainer Harry

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