The Tunnel (2001)
Original title: Der Tunnel
The Tunnel is a 2001 German-language drama movie directed by Roland Suso Richter, with a running time of 2h 30m. It stars Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz and Sebastian Koch.
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.
Cast
- Heino Ferch as Harry Melchior
- Nicolette Krebitz as Friederike " Fritzi " Scholz
- Sebastian Koch as Matthis Hiller
- Alexandra Maria Lara as Lotte Lohmann
- Claudia Michelsen as Carola Hiller
- Felix Eitner as Fred von Klausnitz
- Mehmet Kurtuluş as Vittorio 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