It was the biggest escape in the history of the Berlin Wall: in one historic night of October 1964, 57 East-Berliners try their luck through a tunnel into West Berlin. Just before the last few reach the other side, the East German border guards notice the escape and open fire. Remarkably, all the refugees and their escape agents make it out of the tunnel unscathed, but one border guard is dead: 21-year-old officer Egon Schultz.
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A Hero's Death Cast
Name |
Character |
Thomas Mauch
He was 64, now 87 years old
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as Himself |
Nick Dimitri
He was 92, now 92 years old
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Hubert Hohlbein
He was 1, now 25 years old
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as Himself |
Ludwig A. Rehlinger
He was 73, now 97 years old
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as Himself |
Regine Hildebrandt
She was 60, 60 years old when she died
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as herself |
Michael Baade
He was 57, now 80 years old
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as Himself |
Hermann von Berg
He was 120, 83 years old when he died
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as Himself |
Walter Venedey
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as Himself |
Hagen Koch
He was 61, now 85 years old
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as Himself |
Nadine Beyer
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as herself |
Joachim Neumann
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as Himself |
Johannes Fröhner
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as Himself |
Rainer Albertz
He was 58, now 81 years old
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as Himself |
Jürgen Schreiber
He was 54, now 78 years old
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as Himself |
Egon Bahr
He was 79, 93 years old when he died
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as Himself |
Hartmut Wolter
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as Himself |
Siegfried Mechler
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as Himself |
Günter Bohnsack
He was 62, 74 years old when he died
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as Himself |
A Hero's Death Crew