Ballon

Deutschland 2017/2018 Spielfilm

Summary

Balloon

Based on actual events, this feature film tells the story of a spectacular escape from the GDR. In summer 1979, after two years of preparations and planning, the Strezlzyk and Wetzel families want to escape from the GDR in a self-built hot-air balloon. The Strelzyk family goes first, but has to make an emergency landing before they get to cross the border. The damaged balloon gets carried away by the wind. While the family can make if back home safely, both, the Strelzyks as well as the Wetzels know it won’t be long before the Stasi are onto them. Feverishly, they start building a new, more stable balloon to undertake another attempt to escape.

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Credits

Director

Director of photography

Cast

Production company

Producer

All Credits

Director

Director of photography

Production design

Make-up artist

Costume design

Sound design

Sound

Audio mixing

Casting

Cast

Production company

Producer

Line producer

Unit production manager

Original distributor

Shoot

    • 18.09.2017 - 24.11.2017: Bayern, Thüringen, Berlin
Duration:
125 min
Format:
DCP, 1:2,39 (CinemaScope)
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby Atmos
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 28.08.2018, 181902, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 27.09.2018

Titles

  • Arbeitstitel Der Ballon
  • Originaltitel (DE) Ballon

Versions

Original

Duration:
125 min
Format:
DCP, 1:2,39 (CinemaScope)
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby Atmos
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 28.08.2018, 181902, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 27.09.2018

Awards

Friedenspreis des Deutschen Films 2019
  • Die Brücke - Nationaler Friedenspreis des Deutschen Films
FBW 2019
  • Prädikat: besonders wertvoll