The Tunnel

2h 30m
DramaThriller
7

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
Dorothea Moritz
Hermine
Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger
Fotograf Grüner
Florian Panzner
Heiner
Sarah Kubel
Ina Lohmann
Ruth Glöss
Mutter Fritzi
Wilfried Hochholdinger
Bellofs
Christine Harbort
Frau Meckel
Wilhelm Manske
Kaderführer
Hans Nitschke
Trainer Harry

Crew

Roland Suso Richter
Director
Johannes W. Betz
Screenplay
Peter R. Adam
Editor
Martin Langer
Director of Photography
Alicia Remirez
Executive Producer
Madeleine Remy
Executive Producer, Line Producer
Nico Hofmann
Producer
Ariane Krampe
Producer
Bettina Schmidt
Production Design
Rita Serra-Roll
Casting
Harald Kloser
Original Music Composer
Thomas Wander
Original Music Composer

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