Balloon (2018)
Ballon
"One of the most daring escapes of the Cold War."
Critics Score
🎬 62%
(RT: 70%, MC: 53) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Karoline Schuch as Doris Strelzyk
Friedrich Mücke as Peter Strelzyk
Alicia von Rittberg as Petra Wetzel
Jonas Holdenrieder as Frank Strelzyk
Tilman Döbler as Andreas 'Fitscher' Strelzyk
Ronald Kukulies as Erik Baumann
Is Balloon good?
Yes. 87% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 62%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
