Escape from East Berlin

Oct 22, 1962

1h 36m

★ 5.9

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Overview

East Berlin, shortly after the construction of the Berlin Wall. Kurt Schröder and his family dig a tunnel to escape to West Berlin as they struggle to overcome the obstacles blocking their underground path to freedom.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Hans Albin Filmproduktion

Walter Wood Productions

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Cast

Kurt Schröder

Don Murray

Erika Jürgens

Christine Kaufmann

Walter Brunner

Werner Klemperer

Ingeborg Schröder

Ingrid van Bergen

Frau Schröder

Edith Schultze-Westrum

Uncle Albert

Bruno Fritz

Marga

Maria Tober

Günther Jürgens

Horst Janson

Major Eckhardt

Carl Schell

Bambi

Anita Kupsch

Frau Jürgens

Helma Seitz

Heidi Eckhardt

Kai Fischer

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