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.
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Britta Wauer Director · Randa Chahoud Cinematographer Berthold Baule Editor
United States release August 8, 2001 · Produced in Germany · Original title Heldentod - Der Tunnel und die Lüge
Production
Ziegler Film
Production
Germany
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Original title
Heldentod - Der Tunnel und die Lüge
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · August 8, 2001
United States · August 8, 2001
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Finland
November 7, 2004
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