The Tunnel
Synopsis
The engineer MacAllan designs a tunnel, which will join America and Europe together on the seabed. A group of American billionaires are financing the gigantic project, but the construction of the tunnel is proving to be as tedious as it is dangerous. MacAllan's worst enemy is the speculator Woolf, who had embezzled the money for the construction and who is attempting to cover up his crime by carrying out acts of sabotage. Also filmed in 1933 in a French-language version, LE TUNNEL, and remade in 1935 in England as TRANSATLATIC TUNNEL.
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Edited by Gottlieb MadlShot by Carl HoffmannScored by Walter GronostayDesigned by Heinz Fenchel
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31 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Paul Hartmann
as Mac Allen
Madeleine Renaud
as Mary Mac Allan
Attila Horbiger
as Hobby
Jean Gabin
as Allan Mac Allan
Olly Von Flint
as Mary Allen
Edmond Van Daele
as Baillère - Contremaître
Otto Wernicke
as Bärmann
Andre Nox
as Lloyd
Pierre Nay
as Hobby
Max Weydner
as Mr. Lloyd - Financier
Robert Le Vigan
as Brooce - un Ouvrier Félon
Elga Brink
as Ethel Lloyd
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7Directors
1Writers
4Producers
1Other crew
7Parents Guide
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