Escape from East Berlin (1962)
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94 min
East Berlin, shortly after the construction of the Berlin Wall. Kurt Schröder and his family dig a tunnel to escape to West Berlin as they struggle to overcome the obstacles blocking their underground path to freedom.
- Release date
- October 22, 1962
- Country of origin
- United States, Germany
Trailer
Cast
- Don Murray as Kurt Schröder
- Christine Kaufmann as Erika Jurgens
- Werner Klemperer as Walter Brunner
- Ingrid van Bergen as Ingeborg Schröder
- Edith Schultze-Westrum as Mother Schröder
- Bruno Fritz as Uncle Albrecht
- Maria Tober as Marga
- Horst Janson as Günther Jurgens
- Carl Schell as Major Eckhardt
- Hans Waldemar Anders as Junkman
Crew
- Robert Siodmak · Director
- Gabrielle Upton · Writer
- Peter Berneis · Writer
- Millard Lampell · Writer
- Walter Wood · Producer
- Hans-Martin Majewski · Composer
- Georg Krause · Cinematographer
- Maurice Wright · Editor
- Werner Klemperer · Casting director