Escape from East Berlin

Escape from East Berlin (1962)

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  • Genre: Drama, Thriller
  • Release Date: 1962-10-22
  • User Rating: 5.9/10 from 17 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Hans Albin Filmproduktion
  • Production Country: United States of America, Germany
  • Director: Robert Siodmak
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Summary

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
  • Arne Elsholtz

    as
  • Waltraut Runze

    as
  • Bruno W. Pantel

    as
  • Käte Jaenicke

    as
  • Christian Böttcher

    as
  • Klaus Dahlen

    as
  • Benno Hoffmann

    as
  • Georg Richard Wenkhaus

    as
  • Ute Boy

    as
  • Hans Waldemar Anders

    as
  • Claus Eberth

    as
  • Rudolf W. Marnitz

    as
Directing Robert Siodmak Director
Camera Georg Krause Director of Photography
Writing Millard Lampell Writer
Writing Gabrielle Upton Writer
Writing Peter Berneis Writer
Sound Hans-Martin Majewski Original Music Composer
Editing Maurice Wright Editor
Production Walter Wood Producer
Art Ted Haworth Art Direction
Art Dieter Bartels Art Direction
Writing Peter Berneis Story
Production Peter Berneis Associate Producer
Writing Gabrielle Upton Story
Sound Heinz Garbowski Sound Director

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