BALLON
synopsis
The gripping and inspiring true story of how two ordinary families tried the most daring escape ever made across the East German border during the cold war, fighting for freedom with their courage and ingenuity.
| international title: | Ballon |
| original title: | Ballon |
| country: | Germany |
| year: | 2018 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Michael Herbig |
| film run: | 126' |
| release date: | DE 27/09/2018, FR 10/04/2019, BE 17/04/2019, NL 18/07/2019, ES 6/09/2019 |
| screenplay: | Kit Hopkins, Thilo Röscheisen |
| cast: | Karoline Schuch, David Kross, Jella Haase, Friedrich Mücke |
| cinematography by: | Torsten Breuer |
| film editing: | Alexander Dittner |
| art director: | Bernd Lepel |
| costumes designer: | Lisy Christl |
| music: | Ralf Wengenmayr |
| producer: | Michael Herbig |
| line producer: | Ulrike Fauth |
| production: | HerbX Film GmbH, StudioCanal Produktion, Seven Pictures Film |
| distributor: | StudioCanal Germany, ARP Sélection, Cinéart, Cinéart Netherlands B.V., Avalon |
