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Thüringen, Summer 1979. The Strelzyk and Wetzel families have been working on an audacious plan for more than two years: they want to flee East Germany in a self-made hot-air balloon. But the balloon crash-lands just before the West German border. The Stasi finds traces of the attempted escape and launches immediately an investigation, while the two families are forced, under extreme time pressure, to build a new escape balloon. The Stasi get closer and closer each day – a nerve-racking battle against the clock begins.
Original Release
09/27/2018
US Release
02/21/2020
Cast
Name | Character |
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Friedrich Mucke | Peter Strelzyk |
Karoline Schuch | Doris Strelzyk |
David Kross | Günter Wetzel |
Alicia von Rittberg | Petra Wetzel |
Thomas Kretschmann | Oberstleutnant Seidel |
Jonas Holdenrieder | Frank Strelzyk |
Tilman Döbler | Andreas 'Fitscher' Strelzyk |
Christian Näthe | Hauptmann Heym |
Till Patz | Peterchen Wetzel |
Ben Teichmann | Andreas Wetzel |
Directors
Writers
Michael Herbig, Kit Hopkins, Thilo Röscheisen
Cast
Name | Character |
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Friedrich Mucke | Peter Strelzyk |
Karoline Schuch | Doris Strelzyk |
David Kross | Günter Wetzel |
Alicia von Rittberg | Petra Wetzel |
Thomas Kretschmann | Oberstleutnant Seidel |
Jonas Holdenrieder | Frank Strelzyk |
Tilman Döbler | Andreas 'Fitscher' Strelzyk |
Christian Näthe | Hauptmann Heym |
Till Patz | Peterchen Wetzel |
Ben Teichmann | Andreas Wetzel |
Ronald Kukulies | Erik Baumann |
Emily Kusche | Klara Baumann |
Sebastian Hulk | Oberfeldwebel Lesch |
Gernot Kunert | Oberstleutnant Schirra |
Ulrich Brandhoff | Oberstleutnat Tornow / Oberstleutnant Tornow |
Peter Trabner | Apotheker |
Bernd Michael Lade | Witzke (Oberst) / Oberst Witzke |
Kai Ivo Baulitz | Strehle (Leutnant) / Leutnant Strehle |
Bernd Stegemann | Werner Meissner (SED-Kreisleiter) |
Antje Traue | Kindergärtnerin (Ulrike Piehl) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Michael Herbig | Producer |
Ulrike Fauth | Producer |
Verena Schilling | Producer |
Kirstin Winkler | Producer |