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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.
Nov 8, 2019 · Learn about the creative and daring ways East Germans tried to flee to West Berlin from 1961 to 1989. See photos of border crossings, tunnels, tanks, trains and more.
German-born director Robert Siodmak was back in his native country for Escape from East Berlin (1962), based on a true story about a group of East Germans who escape Communist rule by tunneling under the Berlin Wall.
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.
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.
A novel about two families divided by the Berlin Wall and their attempts to escape to the West. Read the review by Linda Harris Sittig, who praises the well-written plot, characters and dialogue.
