An engineer is hired to plan and oversee the construction of a undersea tunnel between Europe and the US. However, certain interests don't want to see the tunnel built and use every means at their disposal, including sabotage and murder, to stop its construction.
Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for pre-war German cinema and huge, clunky engineering concepts, you’ll probably find something to love here. It’s definitely not for people who need their pacing snappy or their acting subtle. If you get bored by long speeches in boardrooms, you might want to skip this on...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Curtis Bernhardt
Maurice Elvey
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"Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for pre-war German cinema and huge, clunky engineering concepts, you’ll probably find something to love here. It’s definitely not for people who need their pacing snappy or their acting subtle. If you get bored by long speeches in boardrooms, you might want to skip this one. The sheer scale of the thing is what hits you first. An underwater tunnel from Europe to the US? It’s completely absurd, but the movie treats it like a totally normal Tuesday m..."
Reinhart Steinbicker, Bernhard Kellermann, Curtis Bernhardt, Henry Koster
Germany
