"It's happening as you read this!" 22 October 1962 Drama, Thriller 96 mins
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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Don Murray as Kurt Schröder
Christine Kaufmann as Erika Jürgens
Werner Klemperer as Walter Brunner
Ingrid van Bergen as Ingeborg Schröder
Edith Schultze-Westrum as Frau Schröder
Bruno Fritz as Uncle Albert
Maria Tober as Marga
Horst Janson as Günther Jürgens
Carl Schell as Major Eckhardt
Anita Kupsch as Bambi
Helma Seitz as Frau Jürgens
Kai Fischer as Heidi Eckhardt
Ronald Dehne as Helmut Schröder
Alfred Balthoff as Klüssendorf
Kurt Waitzmann as Thomas Jürgens
Robert Siodmak Director
Ted Haworth Art Direction
Dieter Bartels Art Direction
Peter Berneis Writer
Millard Lampell Writer
Georg Krause Director of Photography
Walter Wood Producer
Gabrielle Upton Writer
Hans-Martin Majewski Original Music Composer
Maurice Wright Editor
Gabrielle Upton Story
Peter Berneis Story
Peter Berneis Associate Producer
Heinz Garbowski Sound Director
Tunnel 28 Trailer
Il muro de la paura Trailer
O Tunel 28 Trailer
Germany 22 October 1962
United States 01 November 1962
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1962 Hans Albin Filmproduktion, Walter Wood Productions.
