Tunnel-Child (Tunnelkind) 34 years old

1969. The Prague Spring has been demolished. New barbed wire installations have been erected. Julia, who is thirteen, has moved with her mother to a village in northern Austria which lies on the Czech border. Julia has not spoken since her father's death. Her isolation increases in the village where she is an outsider. Provoked into proving her courage by some young villagers, she walks into no-man's land. She discovers a forgotten tunnel which leads to a construction site on the Czech side of the border. Julia makes the acquaintance of Roland, a forty-five-year-old surveyor, on "the other side". An ambivalent father-daughter relationship develops between them. Roman is the only one to whom she confides the secret of her border crossings. Due to his affection for her, she regains her ability to speak. And she starts to feel at ease with Alexander, who is her age. Roman makes new plans at Julia's urging. The insurmountable border foritfications will remain vulnerable . . .

Credits

Tunnel-Child Cast

Name	Character
Georges Kern He was 41, now 74 years old	as Lehrer
August Schmölzer He was 32, now 65 years old	as Freund der Mutter
Josef Griesser He was 54, now 87 years old	as Roman, Landvermesser

Tunnel-Child Crew

Name	Department
Erhard Riedlsperger as Director. He was 30 (now 63) years old	Directing