The Sarajevo Tunnel
Director Michael Moeller, Slavica Vlahovic
Countries
Duration 90 min
Synopsis
Sarajevo, May 1993: Surrounded by Serbian troops in the mountains armed with heavy artillery, there is no escape the besieged city. No way out, now way in. During the night, desperate people attempt to cross the airport’s runway – which forms they only link to the outside world. But the airport is controlled by UN troops. As soon as the UNPROFOR soldiers make out the silhouettes of the refugees they bathe the runway in dazzling floodlight, thus forcing them to run the gauntlet of the Serbian snipers. Their salvation: a secret underground passage beneath the airport, stretching for 800 meters, requiring the removal of some 2,800 cubic meters of earth using muscle power only. Over the next few years the tunnel becomes lifeline of the city
Sarajevo, May 1993: Surrounded by Serbian troops in the mountains armed with heavy artillery, there is no escape the besieged city. No way out, now way in. During the night, desperate people attempt to cross the airport’s runway – which forms they only link to the outside world. But the airport is controlled by UN troops. As soon as the UNPROFOR soldiers make out the silhouettes of the refugees they bathe the runway in dazzling floodlight, thus forcing them to run the gauntlet of the Serbian snipers. Their salvation: a secret underground passage beneath the airport, stretching for 800 meters, requiring the removal of some 2,800 cubic meters of earth using muscle power only. Over the next few years the tunnel becomes lifeline of the city