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Tunnel to Freedom

Tunnel to Freedom (2021)

1h 35m | PG-13

⭐ 7.2 / 10

13 August 1961: the GDR closes the sector borders in Berlin. The city is divided overnight. Escape to the West becomes more dangerous every day. But on September 14, 1962, exactly one year, one month and one day after the Wall was built, a group of 29 people from the GDR managed to escape spectacularly through a 135-meter tunnel to the West. For more than 4 months, students from West Berlin, including 2 Italians, dug this tunnel. When the tunnel builders ran out of money after only a few meters of digging, they came up with the idea of marketing the escape tunnel. They sell the film rights to the story exclusively to NBC, an American television station.

Director: Marcus Vetter

Studio: Filmperspektive

Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie

Video: 720p

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Cast

Udo Rau

Udo Rau

as Narrator (voice)

Claus Stürmer

Claus Stürmer

as Self

Inge Stürmer

Inge Stürmer

as Self

Kerstin Stürmer

Kerstin Stürmer

as Self

Peter Schmidt Vogel

Peter Schmidt Vogel

as Self (archive footage)

Luigi Spina

Luigi Spina

as Self (archive footage)