Escape from East Berlin

For many younger people today, they might have no idea what life was like during the occupation of Eastern Europe by the Soviets. Freedom was negligible and people did not have to right to live or go where they wanted. And, in Berlin, the city was divided into an East and West sector...and in the early 60s, the East German government put up a wall to deter folks from going to the West and freedom. And, to guarantee this, guard towers, machine guns and barbed wire were strung along the wall. And, many people died trying to sneak across or over or under the wall. This film concerns a group who are tunneling under the wall.

So is it any good? Yes...especially because it's a nice history lesson. My only complaint, and it's very minor, is that I didn't understand putting Don Murray in the lead...a German leading man would have made more sense. Still, it's well worth seeing.