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Tunnel, The
Avatar / Home Vision Entertainment
MPAA RATING: Not Rated
Starring
Heino Ferch,
Nicolette Krebitz,
Sebastian Koch,
Alexandra Maria Lara,
Claudia Michelsen,
Felix Eitner,
Mehmet Kurtulus,
and
Heinrich Schmieder
Based on the true story of the biggest underground escape attempt from East to West Berlin, The Tunnel is a cracking slice of old-fashioned, widescreen entertainment. (Roxie Releasing)
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
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Family/Kids
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Foreign
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Mystery
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Suspense/Thriller
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Johannes W. Betz
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Roland Suso Richter
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: October 4, 2005
Theatrical: April 29, 2005
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| RUNNING TIME: |
160 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
Germany |
| LANGUAGE(S): |
German (with English subtitles) |
Original title "Der Tunnel"

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Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
Anyhow, either as history at its most inspiring or moviemaking at its most exciting, The Tunnel is a trip.

90
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
It is the kind of superbly crafted, intelligent entertainment — a classic suspense thriller — that nowadays is as welcome as it is rare.

80
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor
Director Roland Suso Richter gives a raw, frank but sophisticated account of the excruciating logistics of this great escape, and the appalling, inspiring blend of betrayal and courage that attended the group's herculean efforts.

80
Variety
Derek Elley
A cracking slice of old-fashioned, widescreen entertainment.

80
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Good old-fashioned movie storytelling that steadily builds, over the course of nearly three hours, to a white-knuckle conclusion that satisfies on nearly every level.

75
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Though the film is as long as the escape route, Richter's brisk direction keeps us riveted through the suspenseful finish of his vivid history lesson.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Jonathan Curiel
So many twists and turns, it seems like fiction.

75
Miami Herald
Marta Barber
There are few moments when you're not totally absorbed by the film.

70
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Nathan Rabin
The Tunnel boasts the kind of plot that would seem ridiculously implausible if it weren't based on a true story.

70
The New York Times
Laura Kern
The film convincingly portrays the devastating, life-altering hardships and restrictions that the residents of the divided Berlin endured.

67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
Well-cast and sporadically gripping.

63
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Director Roland Suso Richter maintains tension for 2 1/2 hours, even though the resolution is almost surreal.

60
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Genuinely gripping, balancing the travails of constructing the tunnel against the characters' stories with considerable skill.

50
Village Voice
Matt Singer
Director Roland Suso Richter skillfully wields the wall as a metaphor for isolation, but his pacing needs work: He cuts from an emotional death to a rowdy scene of sex on a kitchen table. Well, that's one way to mourn.


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