Der Tunnel
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.
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11
Alive
8
Deceased
57.9%
Still living
Showing 19 of 19 loaded cast members.
as Harry Melchior
AliveBorn: August 18, 1963
Age: 63
Bremerhaven, Germany
as Friederike " Fritzi " Scholz
AliveBorn: September 2, 1972
Age: 54
Berlin, Germany
as Matthis Hiller
AliveBorn: May 31, 1962
Age: 64
Karlsruhe, Germany
as Lotte Lohmann
AliveBorn: November 12, 1978
Age: 47
Bucharest, Romania
as Carola Hiller
AliveBorn: February 4, 1969
Age: 57
Dresden, Germany
as Fred von Klausnitz
DeceasedBorn: February 27, 1967
Died: November 8, 2025
Age at death: 58
as Vittorio Castanza
AliveBorn: April 27, 1972
Age: 54
Uşak, Turkey
as Theo Lohmann
DeceasedBorn: February 14, 1970
Died: July 21, 2010
Age at death: 40
as Oberst Krüger
DeceasedBorn: January 31, 1944
Died: December 22, 2025
Age at death: 81
as Marianne von Krausnitz
DeceasedBorn: September 19, 1940
Died: November 26, 2024
Age at death: 84
as Hermine
DeceasedBorn: June 8, 1934
Died: February 3, 2017
Age at death: 82
as Fotograf Grüner
AliveBorn: October 11, 1942
Age: 83
Zeitz, Germany
as Heiner
AliveBorn: July 20, 1976
Age: 50
Bielefeld, Germany
as Ina Lohmann
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Mutter Fritzi
DeceasedBorn: August 2, 1928
Died: December 7, 2014
Age at death: 86
as Bellofs
AliveBorn: October 8, 1962
Age: 63
Bamberg, Germany
as Frau Meckel
DeceasedBorn: April 27, 1949
Died: June 17, 2003
Age at death: 54
as Kaderführer
AliveBorn: March 3, 1951
Age: 75
Passau, Germany
as Trainer Harry
DeceasedBorn: March 30, 1930
Died: July 1, 2022
Age at death: 92