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...
Top Cast
UD
Udo RauNarrator (voice)
CL
Claus StürmerSelf
IN
Inge StürmerSelf
KE
Kerstin StürmerSelf
PE
Peter Schmidt VogelSelf (archive footage)
LU
Luigi SpinaSelf (archive footage)
DO
Domenico SestaSelf (archive footage)
HA
Hasso HerschelSelf
UL
Uli PfeifferSelf (archive footage)
AN
Anita HerschelSelf (archive footage)
JO
Joachim RudolphSelf (archive footage)
FR
Franz BaakeSelf (archive footage)
FR
Fritjof MeyerSelf (archive footage)
PE
Peter DehmelSelf (archive footage)
EG
Egon BahrSelf (archive footage)
EL
Ellen SestaSelf (archive footage)
DA
Daniel SchorrSelf (archive footage)
RE
Reuven FrankSelf (archive footage)
EV
Eveline RudolphSelf (archive footage)
EK
Ekkehardt SchirmerSelf (archive footage)
JO
John F. KennedySelf (archive footage)
WA
Walter UlbrichtSelf (archive footage)
LY
Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
MA
Marilyn MonroeSelf (archive footage)
HE
Helmut KohlSelf (voice) (archive footage)
LO
Lothar de MaizièreSelf (voice) (archive footage)
RI
Richard von WeizsäckerSelf (voice) (archive footage)