A thrilling cold war narrative of superpower showdowns, media suppression, and two escape tunnels beneath the berlin wall. The 10 most anticipated films of the 2016 berlin film. It is one hundred and fortyfive metres long and goes as deep as 12 metres below the earth. Jfk, the cold war and the berlin wall in his new book, journalist greg mitchell has excavated a story of daring escapes and media manipulation which speaks directly to the era of. The story of the most successful tunnel escape in the history. Berlin tunnel a time of destiny melissa leo, jose ferrer, richard thomas. Sewers, brewery cellars, ubahn and sbahn lines, railroad tunnels, an old. Berlinale2017filmax international picks up the tunnel gang. Gerade als ein mann zuruck zu seiner familie fahrt. In his new book, the tunnels, greg mitchell writes about a time in the early 1960s when two groups of. The network agreed to finance the entire escape tunnel. Sep 02, 2016 a man desperately waits to be rescued from a collapsed tunnel in kim seonghuns satiretinged disaster film.
American soldiers, led by thomas, plan a rescue and escape by building a tunnel under the berlin wall, with the help of a structural engineer. Oct 29, 2016 a harrowing tale of cold war escape and suppression in the tunnels a new book explores a time in the early 1960s when two groups of diggers built tunnels under the berlin wall that were filmed. Berlin tunnel 21 the defiant ones 2 dvd set exclusive this 2 dvd set features 2 exciting stories of fighting for freedom. Tunnel official trailer 1 2016 doona bae movie youtube. Exposed in the rainy, early hours of april 22, 1956, a team of soviet and east german soldiers began to dig at the municipal cemetery in altglienicke in east berlin. It has taken half a year to dig this escape tunnel and it is the longest, deepest and most successful to date, enabling 57 people to escape from east to west. I ended up being one of the extras in the movie one of the east berliners who were pressing up against the fence when the wire went up. Produced by reuven frank and narrated by piers anderton, it was an nbc white paper installment that was. In 1961 berlin, an american soldier and a german engineer work together to construct a tunnel under the berlin wall in order to smuggle refugees out of east berlin. Jongseong, a north korean ghost agent, interrupts an illegal arms sale in berlin. In berlin in 1961, an american soldier and a german engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the berlin wall in order to smuggle out refugees, including the soldiers east german girlfriend. I was stationed in berlin when berlin tunnel 21 was being filmed.
Courtesy of hansjoachim tilleman in 1963, a group of west german students set out to dig a tunnel underneath the berlin wall. The tunnel builders were able to reach the basement of schonholzer strasse 7 on september 14, 1962. The tunnel was a 90minute blackandwhite documentary film that chronicled how three west berlin university students organized the escape of 26 friends and family members by digging a tunnel underneath the berlin wall from a former factory. Feb 04, 2014 no single operation more typifies berlin s importance as a strategic intelligence base then the construction of the berlin tunnel. A car salesman ha jungwoo fights for survival inside a collapsed tunnel while rescue workers race against time to free him.
Tunnel 29 is the extraordinary true story of a group of students and refugees who dug a tunnel right under the feet of berlin wall border guards to help friends, family and even strangers escape. In june 1962, nbc news struck a deal through a local film company which would mean more money up front for the group working on tunnel 29. In the summer of 1962, the year after the rise of the berlin wall, a group of young west germans risked prison, stasi torture, and even death to li. Oct 18, 2016 a thrilling cold war narrative of superpower showdowns, media suppression, and two escape tunnels beneath the berlin wall in the summer of 1962, the year after the rise of the berlin wall, a group of young west germans risked prison, stasi torture, and even death to liberate friends, lovers, and strangers in east berlin by digging tunnels under the wall. A woman in a tunnel at bernauer strasse, east berlin, through which 57.
Oct, 2015 in berlin last week, the express met the investigators, including bob baer, an excia veteran, the model for george clooneys character in the 2005 film syriana and one of americas most elite. Latido films scores key sales in berlin led by the heist of the century. Jungsoo, an ordinary car dealer, is on his way home with a birthday cake for his daughter. This two hour journey through the underground of berlin is a truly unique and exciting experience. Incredible story of tunnel 29 and the students who. Doona bae, jungwoo ha, and dalsu oh the tunnel official trailer 1 2016 doona bae movie a man is on his way home when the. Operation gold also known as operation stopwatch by the british was a joint operation conducted by the american central intelligence agency cia and the british mi6 secret intelligence service sis in the 1950s to tap into landline communication of the soviet army headquarters in berlin using a tunnel into the sovietoccupied zone. A paraplegic computer engineer in a wheelchair starts hearing noises and voices of bank robbers in his basement.
Sergio lopez santana and juan carlos nozzi in al final del tunel 2016 clara lago in al final del tunel. Produced by reuven frank and narrated by piers anderton, it was. Pictures of the dramatic escapes were seen all over the world. William hurt, melissa leo, timothy hutton, richard michaels, gregory nava.
Berlin tunnel 21 in 1961 berlin, an american soldier and a german engineer work together to construct a tunnel under the berlin wall in order to smuggle refugees out of east berlin. Movies, britzka film, film production, britta wauer, berlin, germany. The tunnels is the compelling history of a city divided and plagued by the presence of the berlin wall. During the tour, you are giving information on the metro system, its history, architecture, and operations through headphones. Berlin wall memorial joachim neumann about the tunnel 29. A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he. Jungwoo ha in teoneol 2016 dalsu oh and sungchun han in teoneol 2016 dalsu oh in. A ccording to the authors of dunkle welten dark worlds, up to 40 percent of berlin s structures are underground. Nbc and cbs competed to see which would be the first to film a tunnel for their news programs, even as hollywood beat them to the punch with a. With around 500,000 admissions each year, berlin is considered the largest. West berlin students have dug a tunnel to east berlin at bernauer strasse.
Nov 07, 2014 a woman crawls through tunnel 57 to escape east germany. Tunnel 2016 action, drama, thriller 2 h 6 min jungwoo ha, dalsu oh, doona bae, sanghee lee director. A harrowing tale of cold war escape and suppression. As the film points out the intention was to free many more east germans but the tunnel flooded after 29 people had used it to cross from east to west. Aug 25, 2016 originally published august 25, 2016 at 6. Tunnel is a 2016 south korean survival drama film written and directed by kim seonghun, starring ha jungwoo in the lead role. With jungwoo ha, doona bae, dalsu oh, jeonggeun shin. Berlin underground tours secret city war bunkers and escape. Escapes under the berlin wall and the historic films the jfk white house tried to kill. Someone asked me if id like to earn dm20 and i said sure. With leonardo sbaraglia, pablo echarri, clara lago, federico luppi. This was a much more complex variation of the earlier. With families separated and citizens of east berlin suffering under communist rule, many were desperate to escape to the west. Aug 11, 2011 harry melchior heino ferch, an east german swimming champion, defects to the west in 1961, the year of the wall, but his beloved sister and her family are left behind.
Escape from east berlin tunnel 28 1962 rotten tomatoes. A harrowing tale of cold war escape and suppression in the. Berlin underground tours are an alternative way to understand the citys complex history, where you can view war bunkers and escape tunnels in what are now disused metro stations. Escape from east berlin tunnel 28 photos view all photos 1 movie info. With richard thomas, horst buchholz, jose ferrer, jacques breuer.
It had been an extremely rainy spring and there had been many short circuits in berlins telephone network. Probably one of the most ambitious operations undertaken by the cia in the 1950s, it succeeded despite the fact that the kgb knew about the operation even before construction of the tunnel had began. To help them escape, he and his engineer friend matthis sebastian koch devise the scheme of a tunnel from west berlin to east. As he drives into a tunnel, an unbelievable thing happens. Feb 08, 2016 this years berlin international film festival, aka the 66th berlinale, is poised to kick off this coming thursday. A paraplegic computer engineer in a wheelchair starts hearing noises and. Jeongsu, an ordinary car dealer, is on his way home with a birthday cake for his daughter. Youll likely find yourself avoiding tunnels after watching kim seonghuns korean.
One of the characters, gutman, may very well be named after kasper gutman from the film the maltese falcon 1941. The tunnel was a 90minute blackandwhite documentary film that chronicled how three west berlin university students organized the escape of 26 friends and family members by digging a tunnel underneath the berlin wall from a former factory in west berlin into the communist east. On two nights, 29 people managed to crawl through mud and leaking water to escape to west berlin. Does secret tunnel discovered under berlin prove hitler. Minutes later, he realizes that he is completely caught in between the debris. The berlin wall inspired some of the most daring escape attempts.
A film team from the american broadcast station nbc filmed their arrival. Teoneol is a 2016 south korean survival drama film written and directed by kim seonghun, starring ha jungwoo in the lead role. Sandy mueller richard thomas is an american soldier living in germany during the completion of the berlin wall. A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through. With berlin known for its alternative scene and unravelling of a dark past, this is a different way of seeing it. Tour 1 takes you to a bunker in the ubahnhof gesundbrunnen. Escapes under the berlin wall and the historic films the jfk white house tried to kill hardcover october 18, 2016. In this drama, based on a true story, a courageous east berliner digs a tunnel beneath the berlin wall and leads 27.
Latido films scores key sales in berlin led by the heist of the century exclusive. Berlin tunnel 21 1981 stream and watch online moviefone. Underground berlin berliner unterwelten berlin underworlds. A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped. August 26th, 2016 not yet rated 2 hr 6 min plot summary. The tunnel gang follows a group of survivors pulled from the rubble of a.
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