The Tunnel (2001)
Der Tunnel
ThumbScore
👍 73%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 78%
(RT: 84%, MC: 72) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Heino Ferch as Harry Melchior
Nicolette Krebitz as Friederike " Fritzi " Scholz
Claudia Michelsen as Carola Hiller
Felix Eitner as Fred von Klausnitz
Mehmet Kurtuluş as Vittorio Castanza
Heinrich Schmieder as Theo Lohmann
Is The Tunnel good?
Most people think so. 73% audience score, estimated from 119 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 78%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
