The Tunnel (1915)

Original title

Der Tunnel

Directed by

William Wauer

Genre

drama film, silent film, science fiction film

Country

German Empire

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent film is about the attempt to build a massive tunnel under the Atlantic Ocean to connect Europe and America. It follows the people involved in this huge engineering project.

epicambitiousseriousdatedhistoricalindustrialslow-pacedgrandiose

What happens

The Tunnel (German:Der Tunnel) is a 1915 German silent drama film directed by William Wauer and starring Friedrich Kayssler, Fritzi Massary and Hermann Vallentin. It is the first of several film adaptations of Bernhard Kellermann's 1913 novel The Tunnel about the construction of a vast tunnel under the Atlantic Ocean connecting Europe and America. The film was made by Paul Davidson's PAGU production company, with sets designed by art director Hermann Warm. It still survives, unlike many films from the era, and was restored in 2010. Despite the fact that it was a silent film, Adolf Hitler was reported to be affected by both the film and the novel, finding that the power of oratory could influence masses and change the course of human events. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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