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Der Tunnel

  • TV Movie
  • 1999
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
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Der Tunnel (1999)
Documentary

A reaction to the erection of the Berlin Wall on August 13, 1961 was the provision of secret routes for East Berliners to escape into freedom in West Berlin. One such was a tunnel that begun... Read allA reaction to the erection of the Berlin Wall on August 13, 1961 was the provision of secret routes for East Berliners to escape into freedom in West Berlin. One such was a tunnel that begun construction in early 1962 masterminded by four West Berlin students: civil engineering s... Read allA reaction to the erection of the Berlin Wall on August 13, 1961 was the provision of secret routes for East Berliners to escape into freedom in West Berlin. One such was a tunnel that begun construction in early 1962 masterminded by four West Berlin students: civil engineering student Ulrich Pfeifer (called Uli) who was responsible for structural concerns, political ... Read all

  • Director
    • Marcus Vetter
  • Writer
    • Marcus Vetter
  • Stars
    • Peter Schmidt-Vogel
    • Domenico Sesta
    • Luigi Spina
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.3/10
    37
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Marcus Vetter
    • Writer
      • Marcus Vetter
    • Stars
      • Peter Schmidt-Vogel
      • Domenico Sesta
      • Luigi Spina
    • 2User reviews
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins total

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    Peter Schmidt-Vogel
    • Self
    Domenico Sesta
    • Self
    Luigi Spina
    • Self
    Hasso Herschel
    • Self
    Ulrich Pfeifer
    • Self
    Anita Möller
    • Self
    Joachim Rudolph
    • Self
    Franz Baake
    • Self
    Fritjof Meyer
    • Self
    Peter Dehmel
    • Self
    Egon Bahr
    • Self
    Claus Stürmer
    • Self
    Inge Stürmer
    • Self
    Ellen Sesta
    • Self
    Eveline Rudolph
    • Self
    Ekkehard Schirmer
    • Self
    Hans Mittermüller
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Marcus Vetter
    • Writer
      • Marcus Vetter
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    8Asimovo

    Sincere, honest, pure emotion.

    I just saw this documentary on on Dutch television and I was stunned. So honest way of shooting a documentary, shows pure human emotion. I didn't saw such a documentary for years.

    This movie documentary represents the pure meaning what freedom is all about.

    With the financial help of NBC the American Television station, 4 students where able to "finish" their plan to dig a tunnel from West to East Berlin, during the period this city has been separated by a wall, to give freedom to their friends and families of the other side; the east.

    Together with the financial support of NBC they finished the job, but are fighting against many unexpected problems.
    9a.kohout

    a document of history, of permanent emotions at the Berlin Wall

    this tv-movie is a document of history in Berlin, Germany when the "Wall" was built and people, mothers and daughters, fathers and grandmothers, friends and neighbors were torn apart from each other. a hand full of people dug a tunnel from the West Sector into the East.

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    • Release date
      • November 6, 1999 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Languages
      • German
      • Italian
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Berlin, Germany
    • Production company
      • Südwestrundfunk (SWR)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
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