Escape to Berlin
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Directed byWill Tremper
Written byWill Tremper
Based onKomm mit nach Berlin by Will Tremper
Produced byWill Tremper
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| Directed by | Will Tremper |
| Written by | Will Tremper |
| Based on | Komm mit nach Berlin by Will Tremper |
| Produced by | Will Tremper |
| Starring | Christian Doermer Susanne Korda Narziss Sokatscheff |
| Cinematography | Günter Haase Gerd von Bonin |
| Edited by | Will Tremper |
| Music by | Peter Thomas |
Production companies | Stun Film Will Tremper Filmproduktion |
| Distributed by | Constantin Film |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Escape to Berlin (German: Flucht nach Berlin) is a 1961 West German thriller film directed by Will Tremper and starring Christian Doermer, Susanne Korda and Narziss Sokatscheff.[1][2] Location shooting took place around Wannsee in West Berlin and near to Bad Hersfeld.[3] It was shot just before the construction of the Berlin Wall.[4]
A young farmer living in East Germany unsuccessfully resists programme of collectivisation and then chooses to flee to the democratic West Germany.
Cast
- Christian Doermer as Claus Baade
- Susanne Korda as Doris Lange
- Narziss Sokatscheff as Hermann Gueden
- Ralf Gregan as Streckenwärter der ostzonalen Reichsbahn
- Joe Hembus as Badegast im Strandbad Wannsee
- Reinhold Timm as Vopo auf Motorrad
- Wittigo von Einsiedel as Stasi-Scherge mit Spitzbart
