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
Thomas Kretschmann
as Lieutenant Colonel Seidel
Peter Prager
as Günter's Stepfather
Sebastian Schwarz
as Kuhn
Jonas Laux
as Pilot
David Kross
as Günter Wetzel
Bernd Michael Lade
as Colonel Witzke
Timur Bartels
as Private Kenner
Friedrich Mücke
as Peter Strelzyk
Eli Wasserscheid
as Beate Baumann
Nadja Engel
as Günter's Mother
Ronald Kukulies
as Erik Baumann
Emily Kusche
as Klara Baumann
Bernd Stegemann
as Werner Meissner (SED-District Leader)
Alicia von Rittberg
as Petra Wetzel
Sebastian Hülk
as Senior Sergeant Lesch
Christian Näthe
as Captain Heym
Beate Kurecki
as Textile Saleswoman
Jonas Holdenrieder
as Frank Strelzyk
Ulrich Brandhoff
as Lieutenant Colonel Tornow
Antje Traue
as Kindergarten Teacher (Ulrike Piehl)
Peter Trabner
as Pharmacist
Karoline Schuch
as Doris Strelzyk
Tilman Döbler
as Andreas 'Fitscher' Strelzyk
Kai Ivo Baulitz
as Lieutenant Strehle
Jörn Hentschel
as Joachim Breninek (Flight Instructor)
