

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.

Don Murray
Kurt Schröder

Christine Kaufmann
Erika Jürgens

Werner Klemperer
Walter Brunner

Ingrid van Bergen
Ingeborg Schröder

Edith Schultze-Westrum
Frau Schröder

Bruno Fritz
Uncle Albert
Maria Tober
Marga

Horst Janson
Günther Jürgens

Carl Schell
Major Eckhardt

Anita Kupsch
Bambi