Escape from East Berlin

Escape from East Berlin

1962 · 96 min · EN · 5.9 (18 votes)
Dir. Robert Siodmak · Starring Don Murray, Christine Kaufmann, Werner Klemperer, Ingrid van Bergen, Edith Schultze-Westrum, Bruno Fritz · Music Hans-Martin Majewski

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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.

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