Balloon

About Balloon

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.

Balloon (2018) is a history thriller film directed by Michael Herbig. Karoline Schuch takes the lead as Doris Strelzyk, Friedrich Mücke as Peter Strelzyk, Alicia von Rittberg as Petra Wetzel, and David Kross as Günter Wetzel.

At 125 minutes long, it arrived in September 2018. Written by Kit Hopkins and Michael Herbig. It is adapted from real events.

Shelv files it under hot air balloon, berlin wall, escape plan, and east germany. It scores 7.5 out of 10 from 500 TMDB voters.

The Lives of Others, The Tunnel, and American Sniper make useful companions to Balloon, all filed under german democratic republic.