CinemaOSMovie · 2021 · 1h 35m

Tunnel to Freedom

A true German story

72%(5)IMDbDocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

13 August 1961: the GDR closes the sector borders in Berlin. The city is divided overnight. Escape to the West becomes more dangerous every day. But on September 14, 1962, exactly one year, one month and one day after the Wall was built, a group of 29 people from the GDR managed to escape spectacularly through a 135-meter tunnel to the West. For more than 4 months, students from West Berlin, including 2 Italians, dug this tunnel. When the tunnel builders ran out of money after only a few meters of digging, they came up with the idea of marketing the escape tunnel. They sell the film rights to the story exclusively to NBC, an American television station.

Directed byMarcus Vetter

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 35m
Language
DE
Released
July 22, 2021
Studios
SWRARTELittle Big Talents

Featuring

Cast & crew

5 credited
Starring

Udo Rau

Narrator (voice)

Claus Stürmer

Self

Inge Stürmer

Self

Kerstin Stürmer

Self

Hasso Herschel

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Marcus Vetter
Produced by
Ulf Meyer

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