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Escape from East Berlin
Escape from East Berlin is a 1962 film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Don Murray.
Plot.
The story takes place in East Berlin soon after the Berlin Wall is built, and is based on an actual escape on January 28, 1962. Kurt Schröder is a chauffeur to East German Major Eckhardt and his seductive wife Heidi, and lives within sight of the Wall. Kurt is having an affair with Heidi. One night he sees a friend, Günther Jurgens, who works at the
informant for the East German secret police, the Stasi, was a member of their group of friends, and had betrayed them by reporting their escape plan. Since the fabricated ladder was still in Wiesner's residence, they stole two ladders en route, including a ladder from the yard of a disused restaurant, and a folding stepladder from a neighboring residence at Florastrasse 2, which was approximately 150 meters from where they attempted their escape.
Once in position at the Berlin Wall, they used the stepladder to peer over the