Balloon

Category: Movies •

Genre: Thriller • Drama • History •

Rating: 7.5

Director: Michael Herbig,

Writer: Kit Hopkins (Screenplay), Thilo Röscheisen (Screenplay), Michael Herbig (Screenplay),

Cast: Karoline Schuch, Friedrich Mücke, Alicia von Rittberg, David Kross, Jonas Holdenrieder, Tilman Döbler, Thomas Kretschmann, Ronald Kukulies, Emily Kusche, Ulrich Brandhoff, Sebastian Hülk, Kai Ivo Baulitz, Bernd Michael Lade, Christian Näthe, Timur Bartels, Bernd Stegemann, Till Patz, Ben Teichmann, Peter Prager, Antje Traue, Eli Wasserscheid, Peter Trabner, Tilo Keiner, Nadja Engel, Tom Kreß, Thomas Birnstiel, Cornelius Schwalm, Franziska Theiner, Tim Williams, Christian Gaul, Beate Kurecki, Sebastian Schwarz, Angelika Koppmann, Sandra Lava, Stefan Kaminsky, Benjamin Jorns, Thomas Chemnitz, Jonas Laux, Jörn Hentschel, Andrea Benson, Geoffrey Rude, Maja Milena Palzkill, Henri Stephan, Susanne Pfeiffer,

Language: de

Country: Germany

Release Date: September 27, 2018

Plot: Two families attempt a daredevil plan to escape the GDR with a homemade hot air balloon, but it crashes just before the border. The Stasi finds traces of this attempt to escape and immediately starts investigations, while the two families are forced to build a new escape balloon. With each passing day the Stasi is closer on their heels – a nerve-wracking race against time begins.