Balloon | Ballon

Panorama

  • Archive - Festival 35
  • Director: Michael Bully Herbig
  • Germany 2019
  • 126 minutes
  • German
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

The summer of 1979. Two families - the Strelzyk and and the Wetzel - want to escape Eastern Germany and embrace the freedom of the West. They forge a daring plan: they would fly across the border during the night in a hot air balloon built in their cellar. When finally the weather conditions are ideal and they are ready to set off, things begin to go wrong

Based on a true story, director Michael Bully Herbig’s drama brings a spectacular and legendary escape to the screen.

Filmography: Bullyparade: The Movie (2017), Buddy (2013).


  • Director Michael Bully Herbig
  • Production Michael Bully Herbig
  • Script Kit Hopkins, Thilo Röscheisen, Michael Bully Herbig
  • Cinematography Torsten Breuer
  • Editing Alexander Dittner
  • Music Marvin Miller, Ralf Wengenmayr
  • Actors Friedrich Mücke, Karoline Schuch, David Kross, Alicia von Rittberg, Thomas Kretschmann
  • Source Nachshon Films, Red Cape Distribution