The Tunnel (2001)

Director: Roland Suso Richter

Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister and others flee East Berlin through a 145-yard underground tunnel.

Cast

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 Kurtuluş

Vittorio Castanza

Heinrich Schmieder

Theo Lohmann

Uwe Kockisch

Oberst Krüger

Karin Baal

Marianne von Krausnitz