Balloon (2018)

Thriller
Drama
History

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

Doris Strelzyk
Peter Strelzyk
Senior Sergeant Lesch
Leutnant Strehle
Colonel Witzke
Hauptmann Heym
Gefreiter Kenner
Werner Meissner (SED-Kreisleiter)
Peterchen Wetzel
Andreas Wetzel
Günters Stiefvater
Kindergarten Teacher (Ulrike Piehl)
Beate Baumann
Pharmacist
Diensthabender Offizier
Günters Mutter
Westpolizist
Consumer Woman
Amerikaner
Rezeptionist
Günter Wetzel
Textilverkäuferin
Textilverkäuferin
Party Comrade
Volkspolizist in Pößneck
Kriminaltechniker
Joachim Breninek (Fluglehrer)
Angestellte US-Botschaft
Frank Strelzyk
Angestellter US-Botschaft
Petras Bruder
Andreas 'Fitscher' Strelzyk
Oberstleutnant Seidel
Erik Baumann
Klara Baumann
Oberstleutnant Tornow

Crew

Screenplay
Makeup Artist
Screenplay
Costume Design
Production Design
Line Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Set Decoration
Special Effects Supervisor
Original Music Composer