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Overview

User Rating:
8.0/10   1,979 votes
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Writer:

Johannes W. Betz (writer)

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Release Date:

21 January 2001 (Germany) more

Tagline:

Berlin. 1961. The true story of a flight to freedom.

Plot:

Based on a true story a group of East Berliners escaping to the West. Harry Melchior was a champion... more | add synopsis

Awards:

9 wins & 2 nominations more

User Comments:

Too Melodramatic more (19 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Heino Ferch ... Harry Melchior
Nicolette Krebitz ... Friederike 'Fritzi' Scholz

Sebastian Koch ... Matthis Hiller
Alexandra Maria Lara ... Lotte Lohmann
Claudia Michelsen ... Carola Hiller
Felix Eitner ... Fred von Klausnitz

Mehmet Kurtulus ... Vittorio Castanza

Heinrich Schmieder ... Theo Lohmann
Uwe Kockisch ... Oberst Krüger
Karin Baal ... Marianne von Krausnitz
Dorothea Moritz ... Hermine
Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger ... Fotograf Grüner

Florian Panzner ... Heiner
Sarah Kubel ... Ina Lohmann
Ruth Glöss ... Mutter Fritzi
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

The Tunnel (International: English title)
The Tunnel: The Movie (Australia)
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Runtime:

150 min | Canada:157 min | France:157 min | Germany:188 min (2 parts) | USA:167 min (theatrical version)

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany more

Company:

Sat.1 more


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References The Misfits (1961) more


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9 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
Too Melodramatic, 1 July 2005
6/10
Author: films42 from Chicago, IL

I think this is an important story & I wanted to like the film, but I found it excessively melodramatic. While I know a film can never deal with the full range of historical details, this was just too unbelievable, & all the convenient coincidences kept intruding as I watched, keeping me from becoming fully engrossed in the story. By the end, I was hunkered down in my seat muttering "yeah, sure!" to myself.

If you are interested in this theme, I recommend Margarethe von Trotta's Das Versprechen (The Promise) from 1995. Das Versprechen had me completely engrossed in the plight of families separated by the Berlin Wall, & by the end, I was crying like a baby!

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