Don Murray
Kurt Schroder
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Escape from East Berlin is a 1962 American-West German thriller film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Don Murray, Christine Kaufmann and Werner Klemperer. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Dieter Bartels and Ted Haworth.
Escape from East Berlin: Directed by Robert Siodmak. With Don Murray, Christine Kaufmann, Werner Klemperer, Ingrid van Bergen. In 1962, a group of East Berliners escapes to West Berlin through a tunnel dug from the basement of a house located near the Berlin Wall.
- (736)
- Drama, History, Thriller
- Robert Siodmak
- 1962-11
Kurt Schroeder, a young chauffeur for an East German major, watches in horror as Gunther Jurgens, his closest friend, is shot down while trying to crash through the Berlin Wall in a truck. When Gunther's sister Erika also fails in an attempt to escape, Kurt rescues her and hides her in his house.
- Robert Siodmak, Walter Boos
- Don Murray
In January of 1962, 29 East Berliners escaped to West Berlin via a tunnel they had dug beneath the Berlin Wall, led by Erwin Becker, a chauffeur in the car pool of the East Germany Parliament, who served as technical adviser on this film.
After East Berlin chauffer Kurt Schroder (Don Murray) decides to escape to West Germany, he begins a plan to dig a tunnel under the Berlin Wall.
- (4)
- Robert Siodmak
- Mystery & Thriller
- Don Murray
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Escape From East Berlin. 1962. 1 hr 29 mins. Drama, Suspense, Action & Adventure. NR. Watchlist. Fact-based account of refugees from East Berlin attempting to tunnel under the Berlin...
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