
Balloon (2018)
Overview
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.
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Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $11,859,396.00 |
Original Language | de |
Popularity | 3.575 |
Directed By
Michael Herbig
Crew
Kit Hopkins
Michael Herbig
Thilo Röscheisen
Michael Herbig
Christian Held
Lisy Christl
Bernd Lepel
Tatjana Krauskopf
Alexander Dittner
Daniela Tolkien
Ulrike Fauth
Michael Herbig
Torsten Breuer
Dirk Lange
Marvin Miller
Kerstin Grund
Stefan Gärtner
Ralf Wengenmayr
TOP CAST

Karoline Schuch
Doris Strelzyk

Friedrich Mücke
Peter Strelzyk

Alicia von Rittberg
Petra Wetzel

David Kross
Günter Wetzel

Jonas Holdenrieder
Frank Strelzyk

Tilman Döbler
Andreas 'Fitscher' Strelzyk

Thomas Kretschmann
Lieutenant Colonel Seidel

Ronald Kukulies
Erik Baumann

Emily Kusche
Klara Baumann

Ulrich Brandhoff
Lieutenant Colonel Tornow

Sebastian Hülk
Senior Sergeant Lesch

Kai Ivo Baulitz
Lieutenant Strehle

Bernd Michael Lade
Colonel Witzke

Christian Näthe
Captain Heym

Timur Bartels
Private Kenner

Bernd Stegemann
Werner Meissner (SED-District Leader)
Till Patz
Peterchen Wetzel
Ben Teichmann
Andreas Wetzel

Peter Prager
Günter's Stepfather

Antje Traue
Kindergarten Teacher (Ulrike Piehl)

Eli Wasserscheid
Beate Baumann

Peter Trabner
Pharmacist
Tilo Keiner
Duty Officer

Nadja Engel
Günter's Mother
Thomas Kress
West Police Officer
Thomas Birnstiel
West Police Officer
Cornelius Schwalm
Jörg Franke
Franziska Theiner
Consumer Woman
Tim Williams
American
Christian Gaul
Receptionist

Beate Kurecki
Textile Saleswoman

Sebastian Schwarz
Kuhn
Angelika Koppmann
Textile Saleswoman
Sandra Lava
Helga
Stefan Kaminsky
Party Comrade
Benjamin Jorns
People's Policeman in Pößneck
Thomas Chemnitz
Forensic Scientist

Jonas Laux
Pilot

Jörn Hentschel
Joachim Breninek (Flight Instructor)
Andrea Benson
US Embassy Employee
Geoffrey Rude
US Embassy Employee
Maja Milena Palzkill
Lena
Henri Stephan
Petra's Brother
Susanne Pfeiffer
Consumer Woman