Based on a true story a group of East Berliners escaping to the West. Harry Melchior was a champion East German swimmer at odds with the system under which he has already been imprisoned. On his own escape, he is determined the arrange the escape to the West of his sister and her family. The idea of the tunnel is born, but the project does not run smoothly. The participants struggle not only with the massive logistics of their task, but betrayal from friends in the East. And always the East German police are close to discovering the plot.

Starring:

Alexandra Maria Lara, Arno Reckers, Christine Harbort, Claudia Michelsen, Dieter Dost, Dorothea Moritz, Felix Eitner, Florian Panzner, Frank-Michael Köbe, Gode Benedix, Hans Nitschke, Heidrun Bartholomäus, Heino Ferch, Heinrich Schmieder, Jürgen Haug, Karin Baal, Luis Lamprecht, Matthias Zelic, Mehmet Kurtulus, Nicolette Krebitz, Pierre R

Genre:

Action, Drama, History, Thriller