Balloon
1979, East Germany during 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 East German 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.
ORIGINAL TITLE
Ballon
DIRECTOR
Michael Bully Herbig
PRODUCTION
herbX film
CO-PRODUCTION
STUDIOCANAL Film
SevenPictures
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