Two 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.


One of the most daring escapes of the Cold War.
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Karoline Schuch
Doris Strelzyk

Friedrich Mücke
Peter Strelzyk

Alicia von Rittberg
Petra Wetzel

David Kross
Günter Wetzel

Jonas Holdenrieder
Frank Strelzyk

Tilman Döbler
Andreas 'Fitscher' Strelzyk

Thomas Kretschmann
Lieutenant Colonel Seidel

Ronald Kukulies
Erik Baumann

Emily Kusche
Klara Baumann
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