Tunnel to Freedom (Tunnel der Freiheit) 3 years old

A true German story

Tunnel to Freedom

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 of digging, they came up with the idea of marketing the escape tunnel. They sell the film rights to the story exclusively to NBC, an American television station.

Credits

Tunnel to Freedom Cast

Name Character
Marilyn Monroe She was 95, 36 years old when she died as Self (archive footage)

Tunnel to Freedom Crew

Name Department
Tunnel to Freedom poster
Tunnel to Freedom (3 years)

A true German story

  • Release day: Thursday, July 22, 2021
  • Runtime: 95 minutes