Escape from East Berlin

1962 · 96 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 347 VOTES · DIR. Robert Siodmak

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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.

Dialogue Timeline — 864 lines

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00:00:32 13 August 1961.
00:04:57 I'm in a hurry, take your bike.
00:10:40 Gunther?
00:14:57 Excuse us.
00:16:39 is our fine furniture and his next promotion.
00:22:02 The first time I ever laid eyes on that girl was down at the bus stop.
00:25:20 Thank you so much.
00:29:01 Good morning, Major.
00:32:22 It's all right.
00:34:53 when I hear myself saying it, it sounds...
00:38:59 My father reached out to people all his life and what did he get for it?
00:41:20 but the idea of being free is in our minds now.
00:45:07 A tunnel but how...
00:47:28 Oh it must be.
00:51:32 This week the water, last week the electricity.
00:54:49 I didn't have time to run down to the store.
00:59:17 Oh good morning.
01:03:40 The day we started the tunnel we decided.
01:08:32 I knew that if I was going to get out,
01:11:31 In the end, we were both laughing. He can always make me laugh.
01:14:55 Kurt,
01:18:39 If I don't show up tonight,
01:21:36 Heidi? I won't be going to the embassy reception tonight, something came up.
01:26:02 Come on, Erika.

Cast & Characters

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
Helma Seitz Frau Jürgens
Kai Fischer Heidi Eckhardt
Ronald Dehne Helmut Schröder
Alfred Balthoff Klüssendorf
Kurt Waitzmann Thomas Jürgens Arne Elsholtz
Waltraut Runze
Bruno W. Pantel
Käte Jaenicke
Christian Böttcher
Klaus Dahlen
Benno Hoffmann
Georg Richard Wenkhaus
Ute Boy
Hans Waldemar Anders
Claus Eberth
Rudolf W. Marnitz

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed864
Dialogue density9.0 lines / min
First line00:00:32
Final line01:26:02

Production Record

DirectorRobert Siodmak
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes347

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