Directed by:
Michael HerbigCinematography:
Torsten BreuerCast:
Friedrich Mücke, Karoline Schuch, David Kross, Alicia von Rittberg, Thomas Kretschmann, Jonas Holdenrieder, Tilman Döbler, Christian Näthe, Till Patz (more)VOD (2)
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1979, East Germany at the height of the Cold War. Two ordinary families yearning for freedom secretly form a great escape plan to the get across to the West: with courage and ingenuity as their main weapons, they construct a hot-air balloon out of small pieces of material so that their eight family-members can fly over the Berlin Wall. But an initial failure puts their entire plan in jeopardy, setting off a dangerous race against time for a second attempt, with the East German State Police now hot on their heels... An incredible and gripping true story of resistance. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Tilo Keiner
West Germany
Best movies:
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Balloon (2018)
Peter Prager
East Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Frozen Sky (2011) (series)
The Collini Case (2019)
Nadja Engel
East Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
The Reader (2008)
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
Tom Kreß
West Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Relativity (2019)
Thomas Birnstiel
West Germany
Cornelius Schwalm
West Germany
Christian Gaul
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Cracks in the Shell (2011)
The Last Station (2009)
Beate Kurecki
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Sebastian Schwarz
East Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
I'm Your Man (2021)
Praxis mit Meerblick (2017) (series)
Timur Bartels
Germany
Best movies:
Sandra Lava
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Stefan Kaminsky
East Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Thomas Chemnitz
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
The Constant Gardener (2005)
Chaos-Queens (2017) (series)
Jonas Laux
Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie (2007) (TV movie)
Windstorm: The Great Hurricane (2021)
Jörn Hentschel
East Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
The Captain (2017)
Rivals Forever - The Sneaker Battle (2015) (TV movie)
Kaspar Eichel
German Empire
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Rising High (2020)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Daniela Elhagh
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Angela Jacobi
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Die Bergretter (2009) (series)
Wolfgang Haas
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Hochzeitsstrudel und Zwetschgenglück (2020) (TV movie)
Das Leben ist ein Bauernhof (2012) (TV movie)
Uwe Kosubek
West Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)