BALLOON

By Michael HERBIG

A-Z FILMS (CANADA) - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD

Drama - Completed 2018


Festivals
& Awards

Zurich FF 2018
Premières Gala
KIFF (Kolkata) 2018
Cinema International
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Drama, True Story, Historical
    • Countries
    • GERMANY
    • Languages
    • GERMAN
    • Duration
    • 125 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Michael HERBIG
    • Producer(s)
    • Michael Bully HERBIG (herbX film)
    • Synopsis
    • 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 ang ingenuity, they build a hot air balloon with small pieces of cloth for their eight family-members to fly over the 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.