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Original title : Ballon
Directed by : Michael Herbig
Release date: 17 April 2019
Duration: 120 minutes
Genre: Drama, Historical
Country : Germany (2018)
Original language: German

 Synopsis

The summer of 1979. Families Strelzyk and Wetzel want to escape Eastern Germany and delve into the freedom of the West. The two families have forged a daring plan: in a self-constructed hot air balloon, they want to fly across the border at night. When finally the weather conditions are ideal, they are ready to set off; however quite a few things go wrong and the balloon crashes just before it reaches the West German border. The Stasi find traces of the attempted escape and immediately begin an investigation, leaving the two families to build a new balloon under immense time pressure. As the Stasi close in with each passing day, a nerve-wracking race against time begins.

Potentially harmful up to 12 years Violence Anguish Coarse language
Sex
Discrimination
Violence
Anguish
Alcohol and / or drug abuse
Coarse language

 

Balloon .

 

 

 

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