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The Tunnel
Der Tunnel
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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.
- Music
- Thomas Wander
- Screenplay
- Johannes W. Betz
- Music
- Harald Kloser
- Director
- Roland Suso Richter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 21/01/2001
- Original language
- German
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