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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.
Top billed 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
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