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The Tunnel · LeviOsa

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2001·12

The Tunnel

DramaThriller2h 30m

🍅65%

🍅

65%

Tomatometer

🍿

68%

Popcornmeter

7.2

TMDB

Storyline

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.

Trailers

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Details

DirectorRoland Suso Richter

ReleasedJan 21, 2001

StatusReleased

Original languageGerman

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guide12DE

Studios

Sat.1teamWorx

Cast

Heino Ferch

Heino Ferch

Harry Melchior

Nicolette Krebitz

Nicolette Krebitz

Friederike " Fritzi " Scholz

Sebastian Koch

Sebastian Koch

Matthis Hiller

Alexandra Maria Lara

Alexandra Maria Lara

Lotte Lohmann

Claudia Michelsen

Claudia Michelsen

Carola Hiller

Felix Eitner

Felix Eitner

Fred von Klausnitz

Mehmet Kurtuluş

Mehmet Kurtuluş

Vittorio Castanza

Heinrich Schmieder

Heinrich Schmieder

Theo Lohmann

Uwe Kockisch

Uwe Kockisch

Oberst Krüger

Karin Baal

Karin Baal

Marianne von Krausnitz

Dorothea Moritz

Hermine

Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger

Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger

Fotograf Grüner

Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

4 fresh · 2 rotten

R

Richard Whittaker

RTAustin ChronicleApr 9, 2021

The Tunnel may be shrouded in blistering embers and fumes, but it never loses sight of the victims and helpers, of whom there are many.

B

Beatrice Loayza

RTNew York TimesApr 8, 2021

[A] formulaic, but sufficiently diverting thriller...

M

Mark Hanson

RTSlant MagazineApr 4, 2021

The film lacks for the methodically escalating stakes that makes the best examples of the genre so entertaining.

J

Jessica Scott

RTNightmarish ConjuringsDec 22, 2022

The Tunnel starts out strong, sticking to the disaster film formula with style and efficient characterization. It stumbles midway through, however, falling victim to pacing issues and mawkishness that undermine the promise of the first half.

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Information

Title

The Tunnel

Released

Jan 21, 2001

Rated

12

Region of Origin

Germany

Original Audio

German

Runtime

2h 30m

Status

Released

Studios

Sat.1, teamWorx

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