Directed by:
Roland Suso RichterScreenplay:
Johannes W. BetzCinematography:
Martin LangerCast:
Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz, Sebastian Koch, Alexandra Maria Lara, Claudia Michelsen, Felix Eitner, Mehmet Kurtuluş, Heinrich Schmieder, Uwe Kockisch (more)Plots(1)
Anti-communist East German swimming champion Harry Melchior (Heino Ferch) narrowly escapes the Communist regime just after the Berlin Wall is completed, and is determined to rescue his beloved sister, whom he was forced to leave behind. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Heino Ferch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/207/163207123_0a4faf.jpg)
Heino Ferch
West Germany
Best movies:
Comedian Harmonists (1997)
Ku'damm 56 (2016) (series)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
![Nicolette Krebitz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/787/168787263_nz0meq.jpg)
Nicolette Krebitz
West Germany
Best movies:
The Tunnel (2001)
Bandits (1997)
Lollipop Monster (2011)
![Sebastian Koch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/723/166723184_b57efd.jpg)
Sebastian Koch
West Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
Black Book (2006)
Gloomy Sunday (1999)
![Alexandra Maria Lara](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/759/168759214_br01l2.jpg)
Alexandra Maria Lara
Romania
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
Control (2007)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
![Claudia Michelsen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/829/157829456_c16907.jpg)
Claudia Michelsen
East Germany
Best movies:
Ku'damm 56 (2016) (series)
Ku'damm 59 (2018) (series)
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
![Felix Eitner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/471/159471790_1e29db.jpg)
Felix Eitner
West Germany
Best movies:
The Tunnel (2001)
Cherry Blossoms (2008)
Margarete Steiff (2005) (TV movie)
![Mehmet Kurtuluş](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/194/163194145_a53c98.jpg)
Mehmet Kurtuluş
West Germany
Best movies:
Magnificent Century: Kosem (2015) (series)
The Tunnel (2001)
Head-On (2004)
![Heinrich Schmieder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/448/160448361_0ecdd0.jpg)
Heinrich Schmieder
West Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
The Tunnel (2001)
Margarete Steiff (2005) (TV movie)
![Uwe Kockisch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/633/159633936_692450.jpg)
Uwe Kockisch
Best movies:
The Tunnel (2001)
Die schwarze Mühle (1975) (TV movie)
Allmen (2017) (series)
![Karin Baal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271212_05126b.jpg)
Karin Baal
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
The Tunnel (2001)
Julia, Du bist zauberhaft (1962)
![Christine Harbort](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/618/161618566_d85b64.jpg)
Christine Harbort
Germany
Best movies:
Mephisto (1981)
No Place to Go (2000)
The Tunnel (2001)
![Florian Panzner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/986/168986605_o9dflz.jpg)
Florian Panzner
West Germany
Best movies:
Conspiracy (2001) (TV movie)
Valkyrie (2008)
The Tunnel (2001)
Luis Lamprecht
Germany
Best movies:
The Tunnel (2001)
Free Fall (2013)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Gode Benedix](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/110/161110563_4dc6fe.jpg)
Gode Benedix
Best movies:
Ku'damm 59 (2018) (series)
The Tunnel (2001)
Life Is All You Get (1997)
![Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/350/160350498_3c887f.jpg)
Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger
German Empire
Best movies:
The Tunnel (2001)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Der Zürich-Krimi (2016) (series)
![Jürgen Haug](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/214/160214464_d20cf4.jpg)
Jürgen Haug
Best movies:
The Tunnel (2001)
Ku'damm 63 (2021) (series)
Dark Woods (2020) (series)
![Ruth Glöss](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/711/159711638_e81a6e.jpg)
Ruth Glöss
German Empire
Best movies:
The Tunnel (2001)
Sein letztes Rennen (2013)
Three (2010)
![Wilfried Hochholdinger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/611/159611801_534899.jpg)
Wilfried Hochholdinger
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
The Tunnel (2001)
![Lars Löllmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/625/161625531_fd63f8.jpg)
Lars Löllmann
West Germany
Best movies:
The Tunnel (2001)
![Jonas Hartmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/964/162964112_3f1869.jpg)
Jonas Hartmann
Germany
Best movies:
The Tunnel (2001)
Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013) (series)