Berlinski zid je inspirisao neke od najhrabrijih pokušaja bijega.
Ovo je istinita priča o jednom od njih.

“Najuzbudljiviji njemački film otkako je snimljen "Das Boot’" - LA Times
"..nevjerovatno …parče... zabave na platnu..." - Variety
"...Inteligentan, uzbudljiv triler... nevjerovatna gluma i uzbudljiva, šokantna akcija… "
- The Hollywood Reporter
1961, ista godina u kojoj komunistička Istočna Njemačka počinje izgradnju Berlinskog Zida. Istočni Nijemac Harry Melchior već osjeća zagušljivi smrad ugnjetavanja. Želi da ide napolje, ali se njegova sestra Lotte plaši da bi bijeg u Zapadni Berlin bio preopasan za njenu kćerku. Harry nerado napušta Lotte, ali se zaklinje da će se vratiti po nju. U sigurnosti Zapada, slaže se da će sa svojim najboljim drugom Matthisom, koji je po zanimanju inžinjer, uspjeti da napravi nešto do tada neviđeno. Nakon devet mjeseci i 145 metara, uprkos urušavanju, poplavama i Štazi špijunima, uspijevaju da probiju u podrum zgrade u Istočnom Berlinu. Uprkos sveprisutnim opasnostima neuspjeha i blizini smrti, Harry i njegov tim vode Lotte i 28 drugih u slobodu Zapada...

Nagrade
Bavarian TV Awards
2001 Won Bavarian TV Award Best Actor in a Movie Made for Television (Bester Schauspieler - Fernsehspiel/Fernsehfilm) Heino Ferch
Directing Roland Suso Richter

Coachella Valley Festival of Festivals
2001 Won Best Overall Film Roland Suso Richter

German Camera Award
2001 Won German Camera Award - Outstanding Editing Scenic (Szenische Schnittleistung) Peter R. Adam

German Television Awards
2001 Won German Television Award Best Movie Made for Television or Miniseries (Bester Fernsehfilm/Mehrteiler)
Nico Hofmann (producer) Ariane Krampe (producer) Alicia Remirez (producer SAT.1) Roland Suso Richter (director)
Nominated German Television Award Best Supporting Actor (Bester Schauspieler in einer Nebenrolle)
Sebastian Koch

Golden Camera, Germany
2002 Won Golden Camera Best German Actor Heino Ferch

Montréal World Film Festival
2001 Won People's Choice Award Roland Suso Richter
Nominated Grand Prix des Amériques Roland Suso Richter

Portland International Film Festival
2002 Won Audience Award Best Film Roland Suso Richter
Tied with Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001).

St. Louis International Film Festival

2001 Won Audience Choice Award Roland Suso Richter
International Film Award Roland Suso Richter
 

U glavnim ulogama:
Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz, Sebastian Koch, Alexandra Maria Lara, Claudia Michelsen, Felix Eitner, Mehmet Kurtulus, Heinrich Schmieder, Uwe Kockisch, Karin Baal, Dorothea Moritz, Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger, Florian Panzner, Sarah Kubel, Ruth Glöss