A Hero's Death
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2001-08-08
It was the biggest escape in the history of the Berlin Wall: in one historic night of October 1964, 57 East-Berliners try their luck through a tunnel into West Berlin. Just before the last few reach the other side, the East German border guards notice the escape and open fire. Remarkably, all the refugees and their escape agents make it out of the tunnel unscathed, but one border guard is dead: 21-year-old officer Egon Schultz.
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It was the biggest escape in the history of the Berlin Wall: in one historic night of October 1964, 57 East-Berliners try their luck through a tunnel into West Berlin. Just before the last few reach the other side, the East German border guards notice the escape and open fire. Remarkably, all the refugees and their escape agents make it out of the tunnel unscathed, but one border guard is dead: 21-year-old officer Egon Schultz.
Released
2001-08-08
Runtime
50
Director
Britta Wauer
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Genres
Documentary
Language
Deutsch
Production
Ziegler Film
Casts
Rainer Albertz
Rainer AlbertzMichael Baade
Michael Baade
Egon Bahr
Egon BahrNadine Beyer
Nadine BeyerGünter Bohnsack
Günter BohnsackJohannes Fröhner
Johannes FröhnerRegine Hildebrandt
Regine HildebrandtHubert Hohlbein
Hubert HohlbeinHagen Koch
Hagen KochThomas Mauch
Thomas MauchSiegfried Mechler
Siegfried MechlerJoachim Neumann
Joachim NeumannLudwig A. Rehlinger
Ludwig A. RehlingerJürgen Schreiber
Jürgen SchreiberWalter Venedey
Walter VenedeyHermann von Berg
Hermann von BergHartmut Wolter
Hartmut Wolter