Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister and others flee East Berlin through a 145-yard underground tunnel.
Harry Melchior
Friederike " Fritzi " Scholz
Matthis Hiller
Lotte Lohmann
Carola Hiller
Fred von Klausnitz
Vittorio Castanza
Theo Lohmann
Oberst Krüger
Marianne von Krausnitz
Hermine
Fotograf Grüner
Heiner
Ina Lohmann
Mutter Fritzi
Bellofs
Frau Meckel
Kaderführer
Trainer Harry
