Balloon
Ballon
Release: 2018-09-27
·Runtime: 125m
·★ 7.5
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.
Production Countries
France
Germany
Production Companies
Sat.1
SevenPictures Film
StudioCanal
herbX film
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Bernd Michael Lade
as Colonel Witzke
David Kross
as Günter Wetzel
Emily Kusche
as Klara Baumann
Timur Bartels
as Private Kenner
Bernd Stegemann
as Werner Meissner (SED-District Leader)
Antje Traue
as Kindergarten Teacher (Ulrike Piehl)
Sebastian Hülk
as Senior Sergeant Lesch
Sebastian Schwarz
as Kuhn
Kai Ivo Baulitz
as Lieutenant Strehle
Friedrich Mücke
as Peter Strelzyk
Ronald Kukulies
as Erik Baumann
Peter Prager
as Günter's Stepfather
Thomas Kretschmann
as Lieutenant Colonel Seidel
Peter Trabner
as Pharmacist
Beate Kurecki
as Textile Saleswoman
Jonas Laux
as Pilot
Ulrich Brandhoff
as Lieutenant Colonel Tornow
Karoline Schuch
as Doris Strelzyk
Jonas Holdenrieder
as Frank Strelzyk
Jörn Hentschel
as Joachim Breninek (Flight Instructor)
Christian Näthe
as Captain Heym
Alicia von Rittberg
as Petra Wetzel
Tilman Döbler
as Andreas 'Fitscher' Strelzyk
Eli Wasserscheid
as Beate Baumann
Nadja Engel
as Günter's Mother
