The Tunnel

About The Tunnel

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.

The Tunnel (2001) is a thriller film directed by Roland Suso Richter. Heino Ferch takes the lead as Harry Melchior, Nicolette Krebitz as Friederike " Fritzi " Scholz, Sebastian Koch as Matthis Hiller, and Alexandra Maria Lara as Lotte Lohmann.

It runs 150 minutes and was released in January 2001. Written by Johannes W. Betz.

Members will find tunnel, border, berlin wall, and german democratic republic in it. It scores 7.2 out of 10 from 119 TMDB voters.

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