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The Tunnel(Der Tunnel)

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Germany · 2001
2h 30m
Director Roland Suso Richter
Starring Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz, Sebastian Koch, Alexandra Maria Lara
Genre Drama, Thriller

Loosely inspired by true events, an East German Olympic swimmer, Harry Melchior, hatches an unlikely plot to defect from East Germany through an extensive underground tunnel in order to save his sister - and a few, unexpected others who are hoping to get their relatives out of East Germany, as well.

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50

Village Voice by

Director Roland Suso Richter skillfully wields the wall as a metaphor for isolation, but his pacing needs work: He cuts from an emotional death to a rowdy scene of sex on a kitchen table. Well, that's one way to mourn.

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Washington Post by Michael O'Sullivan

Good old-fashioned movie storytelling that steadily builds, over the course of nearly three hours, to a white-knuckle conclusion that satisfies on nearly every level.

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