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.

Harry Melchior

Friederike " Fritzi " Scholz

Matthis Hiller

Lotte Lohmann

Carola Hiller

Fred von Klausnitz

Vittorio Castanza

Theo Lohmann

Oberst Krüger

Marianne von Krausnitz

Fotograf Grüner

Heiner

Bellofs

Frau Meckel
January 21, 2001

Harry Melchior

Friederike " Fritzi " Scholz

Matthis Hiller

Lotte Lohmann

Carola Hiller

Fred von Klausnitz

Vittorio Castanza

Theo Lohmann

Oberst Krüger

Marianne von Krausnitz

Fotograf Grüner

Heiner

Bellofs

Frau Meckel
