Balloon
2018Two 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.
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Karoline Schuch
as Doris Strelzyk
Friedrich Mücke
as Peter Strelzyk
Alicia von Rittberg
as Petra Wetzel
David Kross
as Günter Wetzel
Jonas Holdenrieder
as Frank Strelzyk
Tilman Döbler
as Andreas 'Fitscher' Strelzyk
Thomas Kretschmann
as Oberstleutnant Seidel
Ronald Kukulies
as Erik Baumann
Emily Kusche
as Klara Baumann
Ulrich Brandhoff
as Oberstleutnant Tornow
Sebastian Hülk
as Oberfeldwebel Lesch
Kai Ivo Baulitz
as Leutnant Strehle
Bernd Michael Lade
as Oberst Witzke
Christian Näthe
as Hauptmann Heym
Timur Bartels
as Gefreiter Kenner
Bernd Stegemann
as Werner Meissner (SED-Kreisleiter)
Till Patz
as Peterchen Wetzel
Ben Teichmann
as Andreas Wetzel
Peter Prager
as Günters Stiefvater
Antje Traue
as Kindergärtnerin (Ulrike Piehl)
Eli Wasserscheid
as Beate Baumann
Peter Trabner
as Apotheker
Tilo Keiner
as Diensthabender Offizier
Nadja Engel
as Günters Mutter
Thomas Kress
as Westpolizist
Thomas Birnstiel
as Westpolizist
Cornelius Schwalm
as Jörg Franke
Franziska Theiner
as Konsumfrau
Tim Williams
as Amerikaner
Christian Gaul
as Rezeptionist
Beate Kurecki
as Textilverkäuferin
Sebastian Schwarz
as Kuhn
Angelika Koppmann
as Textilverkäuferin
Sandra Lava
as Helga
Stefan Kaminsky
as Parteigenosse
Benjamin Jorns
as Volkspolizist in Pößneck
Thomas Chemnitz
as Kriminaltechniker
Jonas Laux
as Pilot
Jörn Hentschel
as Joachim Breninek (Fluglehrer)
Andrea Benson
as Angestellte US-Botschaft
Geoffrey Rude
as Angestellter US-Botschaft
Maja Milena Palzkill
as Lena
Henri Stephan
as Petras Bruder
Susanne Pfeiffer