Balloon (Ballon) 6 years old

One of the most daring escapes of the Cold War.

Balloon

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.

Credits

Balloon Cast

Name Character
Antje Traue She was 37, now 43 years old as Kindergärtnerin (Ulrike Piehl)
Thomas Kretschmann He was 56, now 62 years old as Oberstleutnant Seidel
Bernd Stegemann He was 69, now 75 years old as Werner Meissner (SED-Kreisleiter)
Karoline Schuch She was 36, now 43 years old as Doris Strelzyk
David Kross He was 28, now 34 years old as Günter Wetzel
Ronald Kukulies He was 46, now 53 years old as Erik Baumann
Tim Williams He was 52, now 58 years old as Amerikaner
Sebastian Schwarz He was 32, now 39 years old as Kuhn
Kai Ivo Baulitz He was 47, now 53 years old as Leutnant Strehle
Alicia von Rittberg She was 24, now 31 years old as Petra Wetzel
Sebastian Hülk He was 43, now 49 years old as Oberfeldwebel Lesch
Jonas Laux He was 36, now 42 years old as Pilot
Cornelius Schwalm He was 51, now 57 years old as Jörg Franke
Friedrich Mücke He was 37, now 43 years old as Peter Strelzyk
Bernd Michael Lade He was 53, now 59 years old as Oberst Witzke
Peter Prager He was 66, now 72 years old as Günters Stiefvater
Christian Näthe He was 42, now 48 years old as Hauptmann Heym
Christian Gaul He was 54, now 60 years old as Rezeptionist
Jörn Hentschel He was 49, now 55 years old as Joachim Breninek (Fluglehrer)
Peter Trabner He was 49, now 55 years old as Apotheker

Balloon Crew

Name Department
Torsten Breuer as Director of Photography. He was 64 (now 70) years old Camera
Lisy Christl as Costume Design. She was 54 (now 60) years old Costume & Make-Up
Bernd Lepel as Production Design. He was 74 (now 80) years old Art
Ralf Wengenmayr as Music. He was 53 (now 59) years old Sound
Stefan Gärtner as Co-Producer. Production
Daniela Tolkien as Casting. Production
Kit Hopkins as Screenplay. Writing
Alexander Dittner as Editor. He was 18 (now 24) years old Editing
Michael Herbig as Director. He was 50 (now 56) years old Directing
Michael Herbig as Producer. He was 50 (now 56) years old Production
Michael Herbig as Screenplay. He was 50 (now 56) years old Writing
Balloon poster
Balloon (6 years)

One of the most daring escapes of the Cold War.

  • Release day: Thursday, September 27, 2018
  • Runtime: 125 minutes
  • Revenue: 11859396.00