The Tunnel | |
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Directed by | Curtis Bernhardt |
Produced by | Ernst Garden |
Written by |
Bernhard Kellermann (novel) Reinhart Steinbicker Henry Koster Curtis Bernhardt |
Starring |
Paul Hartmann Attila Hörbiger Olly von Flint Gustaf Gründgens |
Music by | Walter Gronostay |
Cinematography | Carl Hoffmann |
Edited by | Gottlieb Madl |
Production
company |
Bavaria Film
Vandor Film |
Distributed by | Bavaria Film |
Release date
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3 November 1933 |
Running time
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81 minutes |
Country | France Germany |
Language | German |
The Tunnel (German:Der Tunnel) is a 1933 French-German science fiction film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Paul Hartmann, Attila Hörbiger and Olly von Flint. The film was made by Bavaria Film, and shot at the company's Emelka Studios in Munich. It is an adaptation of Bernhard Kellermann's 1913 novel Der Tunnel about the construction of a vast tunnel under the Atlantic Ocean connecting Europe and America. It premiered at the Capitol Theatre in November 1933.
A separate French version was also produced. In 1935 the film was remade in Britain with the same title. The 1935 British film was released in the United States as Transatlantic Tunnel.