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Berlin Tunnel 21

1981 · 141 min

A slow, nail-biting crawl through dirt and danger, carried by quiet courage and the ache of separation.

Tagline
Five determined men attempt a daring rescue under the Berlin Wall.
Overview
In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the Berlin Wall in order to smuggle out refugees, including the soldier's East German girlfriend.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • freedom
  • survival
  • love
  • isolation
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension8
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller, tv movie
Directed by
Richard Michaels
Written by
John Gay
Starring
Richard Thomas, Horst Buchholz, José Ferrer, Ute Christensen, Jacques Breuer, Nicholas Farrell, Kenneth Griffith, Robert Freitag
Cinematography
Igor Luther
Runtime
141 min
Country
Germany, United States of America
Languages
German, English

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