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Tunnel to Freedom (2021)

13 August 1961: the GDR closes the sector borders in Berlin. The city is divided overnight. Escape to the West becomes more dangerous every day. But on September 14, 1962, exactly one year, one month and one day after the Wall was built, a group of 29 people from the GDR managed to escape spectacularly through a 135-meter tunnel to the West. For more than 4 months, students from West Berlin, including 2 Italians, dug this tunnel. When the tunnel builders ran out of money after only a few meters of digging, they came up with the idea of marketing the escape tunnel. They sell the film rights to the story exclusively to NBC, an American television station.

  • Documentary
  • History
  • TV Movie

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Udo RauUdo RauNarrator (voice)
  • Photo of Claus StürmerClaus StürmerSelf
  • Photo of Inge StürmerInge StürmerSelf
  • Photo of Kerstin StürmerKerstin StürmerSelf
  • Photo of Peter Schmidt VogelPeter Schmidt VogelSelf (archive footage)
  • Photo of Luigi SpinaLuigi SpinaSelf (archive footage)
  • Photo of Domenico SestaDomenico SestaSelf (archive footage)
  • Photo of Hasso HerschelHasso HerschelSelf
  • Photo of Uli PfeifferUli PfeifferSelf (archive footage)
  • Photo of Anita HerschelAnita HerschelSelf (archive footage)

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