Balloon

February. 21,2020      
Rating:
7.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Karoline Schuch as  Doris Strelzyk
Friedrich Mücke as  Peter Strelzyk
Alicia von Rittberg as  Petra Wetzel
David Kross as  Günter Wetzel
Jonas Holdenrieder as  Frank Strelzyk
Tilman Döbler as  Andreas 'Fitscher' Strelzyk
Thomas Kretschmann as  Oberstleutnant Seidel
Ronald Kukulies as  Erik Baumann
Emily Kusche as  Klara Baumann
Ulrich Brandhoff as  Oberstleutnant Tornow

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Reviews

Console
2020/02/21

best movie i've ever seen.

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Baseshment
2020/02/22

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

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Haven Kaycee
2020/02/23

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

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Scarlet
2020/02/24

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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