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2021-07-221h 35m

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A true German story

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.

Directors
Marcus Vetter
Editors
Renate Nebe

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  1. Udo Rau

    Udo Rau

    Narrator (voice)

  2. Claus Stürmer

    Claus Stürmer

    Self

  3. Inge Stürmer

    Inge Stürmer

    Self

  4. Kerstin Stürmer

    Kerstin Stürmer

    Self

  5. Peter Schmidt Vogel

    Peter Schmidt Vogel

    Self (archive footage)

  6. Luigi Spina

    Luigi Spina

    Self (archive footage)

  7. Domenico Sesta

    Domenico Sesta

    Self (archive footage)

  8. Hasso Herschel

    Hasso Herschel

    Self

  9. Uli Pfeiffer

    Uli Pfeiffer

    Self (archive footage)

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Status
Released
Original Language
German
Budget
--
Revenue
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Keywords
berlin, germanyberlin wallcold wargerman-german borderinterviewescape from german democratic republic east berlinconstruction sitearchive footage1960sescape planold footagetelevision journalistsecret tunneltestimony