A Hero's Death

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Rainer Albertz

Rainer AlbertzHimself

Michael Baade

Michael BaadeHimself

Egon BahrHimself

Nadine Beyer

Nadine Beyerherself

Günter Bohnsack

Günter BohnsackHimself

Johannes Fröhner

Johannes FröhnerHimself

Regine Hildebrandt

Regine Hildebrandtherself

Hubert Hohlbein

Hubert HohlbeinHimself

Hagen Koch

Hagen KochHimself

Thomas Mauch

Thomas MauchHimself

Siegfried Mechler

Siegfried MechlerHimself

Joachim Neumann

Joachim NeumannHimself