Escape from East Berlin

Escape from East Berlin

96 mins | Drama, Thriller | Oct. 22, 1962

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.

Escape from East Berlin

96 mins | Drama, Thriller | Oct. 22, 1962

Escape from East Berlin
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Hans Albin Filmproduktion, Walter Wood Productions
Original title Escape from East Berlin
Directors Robert Siodmak
Writers Millard Lampell, Peter Berneis, Gabrielle Upton

Cast

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

Ute Boy

as