WHO’S IN IT?
Friedrich Mücke (Friendship!), Karoline Schuch (Hanna’s Journey), David Kross (The Keeper), Alicia von Rittberg (Fury), Thomas Kretschmann (Dragged Across Concrete), Jonas Holdenrieder (Vampire Sisters), Tilman Döbler (Ferien), Christian Näthe (The Baader Meinhof Complex), Till Patz (film debut), Ben Teichmann (film debut), Ronald Kukulies (As We Were Dreaming), Emily Kusche (Tigermilch), Sebastian Hülk (The White Ribbon), Gernot Kunert (film debut), Ulrich Brandhoff (The Young Karl Marx)
WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?
Michael Bully Herbig (Vicky the Viking), director, writer, producer; Kit Hopkins (Father’s Day) and Thilo Röscheisen (Cargo), writers; Marvin Miller (film debut) and Ralf Wengenmayr (Love, Rosie), composers; Torsten Breuer (The Wave), cinematographer; Alexander Dittner (Animals United), editor
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
It’s the summer of 1979, and in Thüringen, East Germany, the Strelzyk and Wetzel families long to escape to the West. Together, they devise a plan that sees them constructing a homemade hot-air balloon, which they intend to use to leave their old lives behind and start new ones in West Germany – only for them to soon be drawn into a fierce battle for survival…
IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?
With heavy themes of family and survival at its core, this intense German thriller is an engrossing drama that will have your heart racing just by watching the trailer.
