Ballon
A fact-based thriller about two East German families in the 1970s who attempt to flee to West Germany in a hot air balloon.
Please note that this film is in German and English, with Dutch subtitles.
1979, the height of the Cold War. Two ordinary families yearning for freedom secretly form a great escape plan to get across to the West: with courage and ingenuity, they build a hot air balloon with small pieces of cloth for their eight family members to fly over the border. But an initial failure threatens their entire plan, setting off a dangerous race against time for a second attempt, with the State Police now hot on their heels. An incredible true story of resistance.
Michael Bully Herbig, Germany, 2018, 126 min. German & English spoken, Dutch subtitles.
With Friedrich Mücke, Karoline Schuch, David Kross, Alicia von Rittberg, Thomas Kretschmann.