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A family attempts to escape from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.

Film drama. The Strelzyk family attempt to escape from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon. In German with English subtitles.

1979, Thuringen, East Germany. Like many of the country’s citizens, the Strelzyk family are desperate to escape to the west. 

Under the watchful eye of the Stasi and the fearsome lieutenant colonel Seidel, they pursue a plan so crazy that most of their neighbours would not believe it if they saw it. With the help of their friends the Wetzels, they try to cross the border in a homemade hot air balloon.

In German with English subtitles.

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