Balloon (2018)
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.
Director:
Michael Herbig
Writers:
Kit Hopkins, Thilo Röscheisen, Michael Herbig.
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Karoline Schuch as Doris Strelzyk |
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Friedrich Mücke as Peter Strelzyk |
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Alicia von Rittberg as Petra Wetzel |
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David Kross as Günter Wetzel |
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Jonas Holdenrieder as Frank Strelzyk |
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Tilman Döbler as Andreas 'Fitscher' Strelzyk |
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Thomas Kretschmann as Lieutenant Colonel Seidel |
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Ronald Kukulies as Erik Baumann |
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Emily Kusche as Klara Baumann |
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Ulrich Brandhoff as Lieutenant Colonel Tornow |
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Sebastian Hülk as Senior Sergeant Lesch |
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Kai Ivo Baulitz as Lieutenant Strehle |
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Bernd Michael Lade as Colonel Witzke |
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Christian Näthe as Captain Heym |
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Timur Bartels as Private Kenner |
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Bernd Stegemann as Werner Meissner (SED-District Leader) |
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Till Patz as Peterchen Wetzel |
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Ben Teichmann as Andreas Wetzel |
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Peter Prager as Günter's Stepfather |
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Antje Traue as Kindergarten Teacher (Ulrike Piehl) |
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Eli Wasserscheid as Beate Baumann |
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Peter Trabner as Pharmacist |
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Tilo Keiner as Duty Officer |
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Nadja Engel as Günter's Mother |
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Tom Kreß as West Police Officer |
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Thomas Birnstiel as West Police Officer |
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Cornelius Schwalm as Jörg Franke |
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Franziska Theiner as Consumer Woman |
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Tim Williams as American |
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Christian Gaul as Receptionist |
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Beate Kurecki as Textile Saleswoman |
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Sebastian Schwarz as Kuhn |
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Angelika Koppmann as Textile Saleswoman |
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Sandra Lava as Helga |
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Stefan Kaminsky as Party Comrade |
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Benjamin Jorns as People's Policeman in Pößneck |
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Thomas Chemnitz as Forensic Scientist |
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Jonas Laux as Pilot |
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Jörn Hentschel as Joachim Breninek (Flight Instructor) |
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Andrea Benson as US Embassy Employee |
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Geoffrey Rude as US Embassy Employee |
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Maja Milena Palzkill as Lena |
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Henri Stephan as Petra's Brother |
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Susanne Pfeiffer as Consumer Woman |
| Writing | Kit Hopkins | Screenplay |
| Directing | Michael Herbig | Director |
| Writing | Thilo Röscheisen | Screenplay |
| Writing | Michael Herbig | Screenplay |
| Production | Christian Held | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lisy Christl | Costume Design |
| Art | Bernd Lepel | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tatjana Krauskopf | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Alexander Dittner | Editor |
| Production | Daniela Tolkien | Casting |
| Production | Ulrike Fauth | Line Producer |
| Production | Michael Herbig | Producer |
| Camera | Torsten Breuer | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Dirk Lange | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Art | Kerstin Grund | Set Decoration |
| Production | Stefan Gärtner | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Ralf Wengenmayr | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Friedemann Röse | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Sound | Roland Winke | Sound |
| Sound | Christian Bischoff | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Chris Rebay | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Marvin Miller | Original Music Composer |
