Movie · 2001
The Tunnel
Released 21 January 2001 150 min Drama / Thriller More from 2001 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Ruth Glöss
as Mutter Fritzi
Dorothea Moritz
as Hermine
Karin Baal
as Marianne von Krausnitz
Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger
as Fotograf Grüner
Uwe Kockisch
as Oberst Krüger
Sebastian Koch
as Matthis Hiller
Wilfried Hochholdinger
as Bellofs
Heino Ferch
as Harry Melchior
Felix Eitner
as Fred von Klausnitz
Claudia Michelsen
as Carola Hiller
Heinrich Schmieder
as Theo Lohmann
Nicolette Krebitz
as Friederike " Fritzi " Scholz
Mehmet Kurtuluş
as Vittorio Castanza
Florian Panzner
as Heiner
Alexandra Maria Lara
as Lotte Lohmann
Sarah Kubel
as Ina Lohmann
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The numbers
50years between the oldest and youngest billed
72Ruth Glöss — oldest on the call sheet
22Alexandra Maria Lara — youngest billed
41average age of the credited cast