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Writer:
Johannes W. Betz (writer)
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
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9 wins & 2 nominations more
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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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The Tunnel (International: English title)
The Tunnel: The Movie (Australia)
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150 min | Canada:157 min | France:157 min | Germany:188 min (2 parts) | USA:167 min (theatrical version)
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Singapore:M18 | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Germany:12 | Spain:T
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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!