Released:
2001-01-21

Overview:
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.

Director:
Roland Suso Richter

Runtime:
2h 30min

Genre:
Drama, Thriller

• Cast:
• 
  Heino Ferch
  as
  Harry Melchior
• 
  Nicolette Krebitz
  as
  Friederike " Fritzi " Scholz
• 
  Sebastian Koch
  as
  Matthis Hiller
• 
  Alexandra Maria Lara
  as
  Lotte Lohmann
• 
  Claudia Michelsen
  as
  Carola Hiller