The Tunnel

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.

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

Felix Eitner

as Fred von Klausnitz

Mehmet Kurtuluş

as Vittorio Castanza

Heinrich Schmieder

as Theo Lohmann

Uwe Kockisch

as Oberst Krüger

Karin Baal

as Marianne von Krausnitz

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