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.
Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
Stars: Udo Rau, Claus Stürmer, Inge Stürmer, Kerstin Stürmer, Peter Schmidt Vogel, Luigi Spina
Crew: Marcus Vetter (Director), Wolfgang Ort (Sound Mixer), Fabian Schaller (Sound Designer), Renate Nebe (Editor), Jens Ole Huerkamp (Sound Designer), Michele Gentile (Color Grading)
Country: Germany
Language: Deutsch, English
Studio: Filmperspektive, Addictive Film, SWR, ARTE, Little Big Talents, Bukera Pictures
Runtime: 95 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jul 22, 2021
IMDb: 3.8
