Made in 1962, right after the berlin wall was built. Tells the story of east-siders' attempts to escape to free market west berlin. stars Don Murray and Christine Kaufmann, as Kurt and Erika, who live near the wall. So many east berliners schemed and attempted to escape to the west, but they were usually offed by the soldiers guarding the wall. according to wiki, 100,000 people attempted to escape to the west, with about 5,000 succeeding, resulting in 200 deaths. Colonel Klink (Werner Klemperer in hogan's heroes) is in here as Brunner, and he's going to be a nosey troublemaker. Murray was nominated for making Bus Stop in 1956. Directed by Robert Siodmak. was also oscar nominated for The Killers. Siodmak himself had escaped europe just before WWII. Siodmak, Klemp, and Kaufmann were actually born in europe, but Murray was as american as you can get, born in hollywood, USA, to showbiz parents. Film is quite good, if a little overdone at times. it would be another 25 years before that wall came down.
Review of Escape from East Berlin
