Escape from East Berlin It's happening as you read this! Release date: 1962-10-22 Genres: Drama, Thriller Actors: Benno Hoffmann, Carl Schell, Alfred Balthoff, Don Murray, Werner Klemperer, Klaus Dahlen, Ingrid van Bergen, Anita Kupsch, Christine Kaufmann, Käte Jaenicke, Horst Janson, Edith Schultze-Westrum, Bruno W. Pantel, Kurt Waitzmann, Helma Seitz, Rudolf W. Marnitz, Maria Tober, Bruno Fritz, Kai Fischer, Claus Eberth, Georg Richard Wenkhaus, Christian Böttcher, Hans Waldemar Anders, Ronald Dehne, Arne Elsholtz, Waltraut Runze, Ute Boy Runtime: 1 h. 36 min. Score: 5.9/10 Votes: 17 Countries: United States of America, Germany Companies: Hans Albin Filmproduktion, Walter Wood Productions Overview: 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.