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The Tunnel (2001)
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Original name: Der Tunnel
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, compassionate, captivating, political, realistic, sexy, touching, psychological, romantic ...
Plot:
tunnel, berlin wall, politics, suspense, betrayal, communism, escape, political unrest, wartime, freedom, breast feeding, brutality, cold war, heroes, daring rescue, world war two, prison escape, surveillance, spy, psychology, nazi, relationships, german, beautiful scenery, tragedy ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, west berlin west germany, german democratic republic, east berlin, west germany ...
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