East Berlin, shortly after the construction of the Berlin Wall. Kurt Schröder and his family dig a tunnel to escape to West Berlin as they struggle to overcome the obstacles blocking their underground path to freedom.

• Hans Albin Filmproduktion
• Walter Wood Productions
• Don Murray
• Christine Kaufmann
• Werner Klemperer
• Ingrid van Bergen
• Edith Schultze-Westrum
• Bruno Fritz
• Maria Tober
• Horst Janson