The Misspelling of General Turner's name to Tunnel!

I've just seen this two part production on Australian TV and, although it was an interesting look at this fascinating subject, I was somewhat disappointed by approach of largely showing it through a presumably fictionalised relationship between a German secretary and a very senior American officer, who was based on a real figure, particularly as fraternisation was apparently forbidden.

I realise that fraternisation between the Allied servicemen and German civilians must have taken place. In fact, my own father was a British serviceman who met my German mother when he was serving with the Army in the Rhineland at the end of WWII, although I'm not sure if fraternisation was forbidden in that place at that time.

To try to be fair, I can see how using these relationships would provide opportunities to explore many of the issues and dilemmas that were being faced at the time by all the people concerned. I also have to confess that my preference for these types of productions of real historical events is to be more slanted towards an informative, documentary approach.

I was particularly intrigued by the misspelling of Turner's name to Tunnel in the children's picture, when the General Turner character was played by the German actor who played the main character in the production of The Tunnel, particularly as this real General's name was Tunner! It looks like the film makers are playing a little game with its audience here.

Cheers,

Steve