Tunnel to Freedom (2021)

  • NR
  • 07/22/2021 (DE)
  • Documentary, History, TV Movie
  • 1h 35m

A true German story

Overview

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.

Marcus Vetter

Director

Cast

Udo Rau's headshot

Udo Rau

Narrator (voice)
Claus Stürmer's headshot

Claus Stürmer

Self
Inge Stürmer's headshot

Inge Stürmer

Self
Kerstin Stürmer's headshot

Kerstin Stürmer

Self
Peter Schmidt Vogel's headshot

Peter Schmidt Vogel

Self (archive footage)
Luigi Spina's headshot

Luigi Spina

Self (archive footage)
Domenico Sesta's headshot

Domenico Sesta

Self (archive footage)
Hasso Herschel's headshot

Hasso Herschel

Self

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