Balloon
One of the most daring escapes of the Cold War.
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- Drama
- Thriller
- History
Overview
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.
Keywords
- based on true story
- stasi
- suspenseful
- berlin wall
- german democratic republic
- east germany
- border patrol
- escape plan
- hot air balloon
- german-german border
- escape from german democratic republic
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 27, 2018
- Original language
- German
- Spoken languages
- german
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- StudioCanal,herbX Film,SevenPictures Film,Sat.1,herbX film,Sat.1, SevenPictures Film, StudioCanal, herbX film
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- $11,859,396
- IMDb
- tt7125774