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.
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- classical in formformally daring
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Cast
- Heino FerchHarry Melchior
- Nicolette KrebitzFriederike " Fritzi " Scholz
- Sebastian KochMatthis Hiller
- Alexandra Maria LaraLotte Lohmann
- Claudia MichelsenCarola Hiller
- Felix EitnerFred von Klausnitz
- Mehmet KurtuluşVittorio Castanza
- Heinrich SchmiederTheo Lohmann
- Uwe KockischOberst Krüger
- Karin BaalMarianne von Krausnitz
Crew
- Roland Suso RichterDirector
- Johannes W. BetzScreenplay
- Martin LangerDirector of Photography
- Harald KloserOriginal Music Composer
- Thomas WanderOriginal Music Composer
- Peter R. AdamEditor
- Nico HofmannProducer
- Ariane KrampeProducer
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