Balloon (2018)
Rating: 7.5/10
Duration: 125 min
Genres: Drama, Thriller, History,
Director(s): Michael Herbig,
Description:
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.
Cast
- Emily Kusche as Klara Baumann
- Thomas Kretschmann as Lieutenant Colonel Seidel
- David Kross as Günter Wetzel
- Sebastian Hülk as Senior Sergeant Lesch
- Alicia von Rittberg as Petra Wetzel
- Christian Näthe as Captain Heym
- Kai Ivo Baulitz as Lieutenant Strehle
- Ulrich Brandhoff as Lieutenant Colonel Tornow
- Karoline Schuch as Doris Strelzyk
- Friedrich Mücke as Peter Strelzyk
- Jonas Holdenrieder as Frank Strelzyk
- Tilman Döbler as Andreas 'Fitscher' Strelzyk
- Ronald Kukulies as Erik Baumann
- Bernd Michael Lade as Colonel Witzke
- Timur Bartels as Private Kenner