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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Ziegler Film
Keywords
- escape
- propaganda
- lie
- border patrol
- german-german border
- border crossing
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Top Cast
Rainer Albertz as Himself
Michael Baade as Himself
Egon Bahr as Himself
Nadine Beyer as herself
Günter Bohnsack as Himself
Johannes Fröhner as Himself
Regine Hildebrandt as herself
Hubert Hohlbein as Himself
Top Crew
Britta Wauer · Director, Writer
Randa Chahoud · Cinematographer
Berthold Baule · Editor
Claudia Bissinger · Producer
Tanja Ziegler · Producer
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