Tunnel to Freedom

Tunnel to Freedom

2021
1h 35m
7.2

7.2/10

5 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary History TV Movie

"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.

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Status: Released

Language: DE

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Production Information

Production Companies
Filmperspektive Addictive Film SWR ARTE Little Big Talents Bukera Pictures
Production Countries
Germany
Spoken Languages
German English

Keywords

berlin, germany berlin wall cold war german-german border interview escape from german democratic republic east berlin construction site archive footage 1960s escape plan old footage television journalist secret tunnel testimony

Quick Facts

Original Title Tunnel der Freiheit
Release Date July 22, 2021
Status Released
Language DE
IMDb ID tt15094584
Website Visit Site

Cast

Udo Rau
Udo Rau

Narrator (voice)

Claus Stürmer
Claus Stürmer

Self

Inge Stürmer
Inge Stürmer

Self

Kerstin Stürmer
Kerstin Stürmer

Self

Hasso Herschel
Hasso Herschel

Self

Key Crew

Marcus Vetter
Director
Ulf Meyer
Producer