Understand the Berlin Wall Anniversary with 'The Tunnel,' German Film Now on Eurocinema On-Demand TV

MIAMI, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Eurocinema - the on-demand channel exclusively offering contemporary European and international feature films to U.S. and Canadian television viewers - has scheduled "The Tunnel," the compelling true-life drama recounting the most ambitious quest for freedom after the Wall went up.

The film is available now through January 31 on Eurocinema, which has national reach throughout the U.S. and Canada on major cable systems, DirecTV, Dish, satellite and broadband services.

The winner of "Best Film" awards at numerous U.S. and international festivals, "The Tunnel" ("Der Tunnel") was praised as "the most exciting movie from Germany since 'Das Boot'...superbly crafted, intelligent entertainment - a classic suspense thriller" by the Los Angeles Times, "with the emotional grip of the best prison-escape films" by the New York Times. In German with English subtitles, the film features a cast of Germany's most popular actors including Heino Ferch ("Run Lola Run") and Alexandra Maria Lara ("The Reader").

It dramatizes the incredible efforts of a small team of Germans, led by a championship swimmer, to free dozens of their loved ones and friends by digging a tunnel under the infamous Wall dividing East and West Berlin. The gripping drama not only captures the claustrophobia and potential for catastrophe of the project, but also evokes the broader mood of anxiety, danger and freedom at any cost that engulfed the divided Germany during the 1960s.

Launched in 2005, Eurocinema reaches more than 28 million U.S. households and more than 3 million in Canada. It offers critically-acclaimed mainstream box office hits from throughout Europe and around the world; almost all are virtually impossible to find in movie theatres in North America. The films, in both English and foreign languages, come from the leading festivals and top production companies. In each Eurocinema on-demand selection, a popular international feature is paired with an international short film that has a thematic connection. For more information visit www.eurocinema.com "The Tunnel" trailer can be found at http://eurocinema.com/tvprogramming.php?film_id=103&b=59