Escape from East Berlin

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Overview

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.

Cast: Don Murray, Christine Kaufmann, Werner Klemperer, Ingrid van Bergen, Edith Schultze-Westrum, more

Director: Robert Siodmak

Genres: Drama, Thriller

Cast

Don Murray

Kurt Schröder

Christine Kaufmann

Erika Jürgens

Werner Klemperer

Walter Brunner

Ingrid van Bergen

Ingeborg Schröder

Edith Schultze-Westrum

Frau Schröder

Bruno Fritz

Uncle Albert

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Maria Tober

Marga

Horst Janson

Günther Jürgens

Carl Schell

Major Eckhardt

Anita Kupsch

Bambi

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Helma Seitz

Frau Jürgens

Kai Fischer

Heidi Eckhardt

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Ronald Dehne

Helmut Schröder

Alfred Balthoff

Klüssendorf

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Kurt Waitzmann

Thomas Jürgens

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