< Balloon (2018)

MOVIE | "Ballon" | 2h 5m | Open in IMDB | WL | 7 / 7.5 (14_999)

Drama, History, Thriller | East Germany, 1979. After initially failing to flee from the East to the West in a self-built hot-air balloon, two families struggle to make a second attempt, while the East German State Police are chasing them.

• Director: Michael Herbig
• Writer: Kit Hopkins
• Writer: Thilo Röscheisen
• Writer: Michael Herbig
• Friedrich Mücke (37) - Peter Strelzyk
• Karoline Schuch (37) - Doris Strelzyk
• David Kross (28) - Günter Wetzel
• Alicia von Rittberg (25) - Petra Wetzel
• Thomas Kretschmann (56) - Oberstleutnant Seidel
• Jonas Holdenrieder (19) - Frank Strelzyk
• Tilman Döbler (12) - Andreas 'Fitscher' Strelzyk
• Christian Näthe (42) - Hauptmann Heym
• Till Patz - Peterchen Wetzel
• Ben Teichmann - Andreas Wetzel
• Ronald Kukulies (47) - Erik Baumann
• Emily Kusche (16) - Klara Baumann
• Sebastian Hülk (43) - Oberfeldwebel Lesch
• Gernot Kunert - Oberstleutnant Schirra
• Ulrich Brandhoff - Oberstleutnat Tornow
• Peter Trabner (49) - Apotheker
• Bernd Michael Lade (54) - Witzke (Oberst)
• Kai Ivo Baulitz (47) - Strehle (Leutnant)
• Bernd Stegemann (69) - Werner Meissner (SED-Kreisleiter)
• Antje Traue (37) - Kindergärtnerin (Ulrike Piehl)