Movie

The Tunnel

Released: January 21, 2001 (2001)

Runtime: 150 minutes

Genres: Drama, Thriller

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Karin Baal as Marianne von Krausnitz
Age at release: 60
Uwe Kockisch as Oberst Krüger
Age at release: 56
Sebastian Koch as Matthis Hiller
Age at release: 38
Heino Ferch as Harry Melchior
Age at release: 37
Felix Eitner as Fred von Klausnitz
Age at release: 33
Claudia Michelsen as Carola Hiller
Age at release: 31
Heinrich Schmieder as Theo Lohmann
Age at release: 30
Nicolette Krebitz as Friederike " Fritzi " Scholz
Age at release: 29
Mehmet Kurtuluş as Vittorio Castanza
Age at release: 28
Alexandra Maria Lara as Lotte Lohmann
Age at release: 22

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Ruth Glöss as Mutter Fritzi
Age at release: 72
Hans Nitschke as Trainer Harry
Age at release: 70
Dorothea Moritz as Hermine
Age at release: 66
Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger as Fotograf Grüner
Age at release: 58
Christine Harbort as Frau Meckel
Age at release: 51
Wilhelm Manske as Kaderführer
Age at release: 49
Wilfried Hochholdinger as Bellofs
Age at release: 38
Florian Panzner as Heiner
Age at release: 24
Sarah Kubel as Ina Lohmann
Age at release: Unknown