The Tunnel

Original title: Der Tunnel

Duration: 150 min

Release date: 2001-01-21

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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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Der Tunnel

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as Harry Melchior

Nicolette Krebitz

Nicolette Krebitz

as Friederike " Fritzi " Scholz

as Matthis Hiller

Alexandra Maria Lara

Alexandra Maria Lara

as Lotte Lohmann

Claudia Michelsen

Claudia Michelsen

as Carola Hiller

as Fred von Klausnitz

Mehmet Kurtuluş

Mehmet Kurtuluş

as Vittorio Castanza

Heinrich Schmieder

Heinrich Schmieder

as Theo Lohmann

as Oberst Krüger

as Marianne von Krausnitz

Dorothea Moritz

Dorothea Moritz

Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger

Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger

as Fotograf Grüner

Florian Panzner

Florian Panzner

as Mutter Fritzi

Wilfried Hochholdinger

Wilfried Hochholdinger

Christine Harbort

Christine Harbort

as Kaderführer

as Trainer Harry

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Roland Suso Richter

Roland Suso Richter

Johannes W. Betz

Johannes W. Betz

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Original Music Composer

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Bettina Schmidt

Bettina Schmidt

Production Design

Rita Serra-Roll

Rita Serra-Roll

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