Directed by:
Michael HerbigCinematography:
Torsten BreuerCast:
Friedrich Mücke, Karoline Schuch, David Kross, Alicia von Rittberg, Thomas Kretschmann, Jonas Holdenrieder, Tilman Döbler, Christian Näthe, Till Patz (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
1979, East Germany at the height of the Cold War. Two ordinary families yearning for freedom secretly form a great escape plan to the get across to the West: with courage and ingenuity as their main weapons, they construct a hot-air balloon out of small pieces of material so that their eight family-members can fly over the Berlin Wall. But an initial failure puts their entire plan in jeopardy, setting off a dangerous race against time for a second attempt, with the East German State Police now hot on their heels... An incredible and gripping true story of resistance. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
![Friedrich Mücke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/832/163832433_28a7ba.jpg)
Friedrich Mücke
East Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Wunderschön (2022)
Russendisko (2012)
![Karoline Schuch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/832/163832434_b95d42.jpg)
Karoline Schuch
East Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Time You Change (2010)
Dark Woods (2020) (series)
![David Kross](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/855/166855820_65a11e.jpg)
David Kross
West Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
The Keeper (2018)
The Reader (2008)
![Alicia von Rittberg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/644/166644042_63e7e6.jpg)
Alicia von Rittberg
Germany
![Thomas Kretschmann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270251_e792d8.jpg)
Thomas Kretschmann
East Germany
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
Balloon (2018)
Valkyrie (2008)
![Jonas Holdenrieder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/792/168792747_rarr85.jpg)
Jonas Holdenrieder
Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Suck Me Shakespeer (2013)
God, You're Such a Prick (2020)
![Tilman Döbler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/855/166855833_df625c.jpg)
Tilman Döbler
Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Richard the Stork (2017)
![Christian Näthe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/965/159965352_f7c279.jpg)
Christian Näthe
East Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
![Ronald Kukulies](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/760/166760558_832309.jpg)
Ronald Kukulies
West Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013) (series)
54 Hours (2018) (series)
![Emily Kusche](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/513/168513795_fmag6c.jpg)
Emily Kusche
Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
The Perfect Secret (2019)
Don't. Get. Out! (2018)
![Sebastian Hülk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/855/166855800_cc19a6.jpg)
Sebastian Hülk
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Balloon (2018)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Gernot Kunert
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
![Ulrich Brandhoff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/157/162157122_3dfe39.jpg)
Ulrich Brandhoff
East Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Naked Among Wolves (2015) (TV movie)
A Hidden Life (2019)
![Peter Trabner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/966/161966335_8c2236.jpg)
Peter Trabner
West Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Rivals Forever - The Sneaker Battle (2015) (TV movie)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Bernd Michael Lade](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/304/160304643_74202f.jpg)
Bernd Michael Lade
East Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
Balloon (2018)
Come Sweet Death (2000)
![Kai Ivo Baulitz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/492/159492910_32feca.jpg)
Kai Ivo Baulitz
West Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
Balloon (2018)
Run Boy Run (2013)
![Bernd Stegemann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/803/159803503_dccd04.jpg)
Bernd Stegemann
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Life Is All You Get (1997)
![Antje Traue](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279960_cc4569.jpg)
Antje Traue
East Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Phantom Pain (2009)
Man of Steel (2013)
Elisabeth Wasserscheid
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)