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A Hero's Death (2001)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 50M

Director : Britta Wauer

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Rainer Albertz
Rainer Albertz
Himself
Michael Baade
Michael Baade
Himself
Egon Bahr
Egon Bahr
Himself
Nadine Beyer
Nadine Beyer
herself
Günter Bohnsack
Günter Bohnsack
Himself
Johannes Fröhner
Johannes Fröhner
Himself
Regine Hildebrandt
Regine Hildebrandt
herself
Hubert Hohlbein
Hubert Hohlbein
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Hagen Koch
Hagen Koch
Himself
Thomas Mauch
Thomas Mauch
Himself
Siegfried Mechler
Siegfried Mechler
Himself
Joachim Neumann
Joachim Neumann
Himself
Ludwig A. Rehlinger
Ludwig A. Rehlinger
Himself
Jürgen Schreiber
Jürgen Schreiber
Himself
Walter Venedey
Walter Venedey
Himself
Hermann von Berg
Hermann von Berg
Himself
Hartmut Wolter
Hartmut Wolter
Himself

Crews

Britta Wauer
Britta Wauer
Director
Claudia Bissinger
Claudia Bissinger
Producer
Tanja Ziegler
Tanja Ziegler
Producer
Britta Wauer
Britta Wauer
Writer
Randa Chahoud
Randa Chahoud
Director of Photography
Berthold Baule
Berthold Baule
Editor

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