Escape from East Berlin

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Duration: 96 min

Release date: 1962-10-22

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East Berlin, shortly after the construction of the Berlin Wall. Kurt Schröder and his family dig a tunnel to escape to West Berlin as they struggle to overcome the obstacles blocking their underground path to freedom.

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as Kurt Schröder

Christine Kaufmann

Christine Kaufmann

as Erika Jürgens

Werner Klemperer

Werner Klemperer

as Walter Brunner

Ingrid van Bergen

Ingrid van Bergen

as Ingeborg Schröder

Edith Schultze-Westrum

Edith Schultze-Westrum

as Frau Schröder

as Uncle Albert

as Günther Jürgens

as Major Eckhardt

as Frau Jürgens

as Heidi Eckhardt

as Helmut Schröder

Alfred Balthoff

Alfred Balthoff

as Klüssendorf

as Thomas Jürgens

Bruno W. Pantel

Bruno W. Pantel

Christian Böttcher

Christian Böttcher

Georg Richard Wenkhaus

Georg Richard Wenkhaus

Hans Waldemar Anders

Hans Waldemar Anders

Rudolf W. Marnitz

Rudolf W. Marnitz

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Director of Photography

Gabrielle Upton

Gabrielle Upton

Millard Lampell

Millard Lampell

Hans-Martin Majewski

Hans-Martin Majewski

Original Music Composer

Heinz Garbowski

Heinz Garbowski

Associate Producer

Gabrielle Upton

Gabrielle Upton

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