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Tunnel to Freedom (2021)

7.2 | Jul 22, 2021 (DE) | Documentary, History, TV Movie | 01:35

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.

Featured Crew

Director, Editor
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
Post-Production Manager
Editorial Staff
Sound Designer, Sound Mixer
Camera Operator
Editorial Staff

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Udo Rau
Narrator (voice)
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Peter Schmidt Vogel
Self (archive footage)
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Luigi Spina
Self (archive footage)
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Domenico Sesta
Self (archive footage)
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Uli Pfeiffer
Self (archive footage)
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Anita Herschel
Self (archive footage)

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