The Tunnel (2001)
Der Tunnel
167 min
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.
- Release date
- January 21, 2001
- Country of origin
- Germany
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Cast
- Heino Ferch as Harry Melchior
- Nicolette Krebitz as Friederike 'Fritzi' Scholz
- Sebastian Koch as Matthis Hiller
- Alexandra Maria Lara as Charlotte 'Lotte' Lohmann
- Claudia Michelsen as Carola Langensiep
- Felix Eitner as Fred von Klausnitz
- Mehmet Kurtulus as Vittorio 'Vic' Castanza
- Heinrich Schmieder as Theo Lohmann
- Uwe Kockisch as Oberst Krüger
- Karin Baal as Marianne von Krausnitz
- Dorothea Moritz as Hermine
- Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger as Fotograf Grüner
- Florian Panzner as Heiner
- Ruth Glöss as Mutter Fritzi
- Wilfried Hochholdinger as Bellofs
- Christine Harbort as Frau Meckel
- Wilhelm Manske as Kaderführer
Crew
- Roland Suso Richter · Director
- Johannes W. Betz · Writer
- Nico Hofmann · Producer
- Ariane Krampe · Producer
- Harald Kloser · Composer
- Thomas Wander · Composer
- Martin Langer · Cinematographer
- Peter R. Adam · Editor
- Rita Serra-Roll · Casting director
- Bettina Schmidt · Production designer