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The Tunnel (1933 German-language film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Tunnel' (German: 'Der Tunnel') is a 1933 French-German science fiction film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Paul Hartmann, Attila Hrbiger and Olly von Flint.Koepnick p.51-52 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.Koepnick p.51
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'.
Cast
* Paul Hartmann as Mac Allen
* Attila Hrbiger as Hobby
* Olly von Flint as Mary Allen
* Gustaf Grndgens as Mr. Woolf, tunnel syndicate director
* Otto Wernicke as Brmann
* Max Weydner as Mr. Lloyd, financier
* Elga Brink as Ethel Lloyd
* Richard Ryen as Gordon
* Georg Henrich as Vandrstyfft
* Max Schreck as Chesterfield
* Magda Lena as Miss Brown
* Will Dohm as Brooce
* Ferdinand Marian as The Agitator
* Josef Eichheim as Harris, a journalist
* Gnther Vogdt
* Erna Fentsch
* Beppo Brem
* Otto Brggemann
* Friedrich Ulmer
References
Bibliography
* Koepnick, Lutz. 'The Dark Mirror: German Cinema Between Hitler and Hollywood'. University of California Press, 2002.
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