- HD 1080
- Runtime: 96m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America, Germany
- Director: Robert Siodmak
- Stars: Don Murray, Christine Kaufmann, Werner Klemperer, Ingrid van Bergen, Edith Schultze-Westrum
- keywords: berlin, germany, berlin wall, cold war, east berlin, west berlin, family relationships, tunnel construction, 1960s
- Production_studio: Hans Albin Filmproduktion, Walter Wood Productions
- Slogan: It's happening as you read this!
- The Escape from East Berlin is featured in the top rankings of 1962
- #24 in Top Thriller Movies of 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.
