Canada 
Mexico 
Spain 
UK 
Ireland 
Australia 
Argentina 
Chile 
Colombia 
Uruguay 
Paraguay 
Peru 
Ecuador 
Venezuela 
Costa Rica 
Honduras 
Guatemala 
Bolivia 
Dominican Rep. Escape from East Berlin
- Original title
- Escape from East Berlin
- Year
- 1962
- Running time
- 89 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
-
Don Murray
Christine Kaufmann
Werner Klemperer
Ingrid van Bergen- Carl Schell
- Bruno Fritz
- Edith Schultze-Westrum
Kai Fischer- Helma Seitz
- Kurt Waitzmann
- Anita Kupsch
Horst Janson- Ronald Dehne
- Arne Elsholtz
- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
Georg Krause (B&W)- Producer
- Co-production United States-Germany - West Germany (FRG);
- Genre
- Drama | Cold War. Based on a true story
- Synopsis
- In January of 1962, 29 East Berliners escaped to West Berlin via a tunnel they had dug beneath the Berlin Wall, led by Erwin Becker, a chauffeur in the car pool of the East Germany Parliament, who served as technical adviser on this film. The film opens with Karl Schroeder (Don Murray), chauffeur to an East German Major, seeing a friend killed as he tried to drive his truck through the wall, He is persuaded by the friend's sister, Erika Jurgens (Christine Kaufmann), and his own family to engineer an attempt to make an escape to the Western sector of the city by digging a tunnel under the wall which is close to their home. Their efforts to evade the suspicions of the East German police, their fear of betrayal by inquisitive neighbors and the exhaustion of the digging are only a few of the difficulties faced by the group.
- Movie Soulmates' ratings
-
Register so you can access movie recommendations tailored to your movie taste.
- Friends' ratings
-
Register so you can check out ratings by your friends, family members, and like-minded members of the FA community.
Is the synopsis/plot summary missing? Do you want to report a spoiler, error or omission? Please send us a message.
If you are not a registered user please send us an email to [email protected]All copyrighted material (movie posters, DVD covers, stills, trailers) and trademarks belong to their respective producers and/or distributors.
For US ratings information please visit: www.mpaa.org www.filmratings.com www.parentalguide.org
