The read
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 85% of the 3,185 2010s thriller movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes70%
Metacritic53/100
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
497 audience votes
Key crew
- Kit HopkinsScreenplay
- Michael HerbigDirector
- Thilo RöscheisenScreenplay
- Michael HerbigScreenplay
- Ralf WengenmayrOriginal Music Composer
- Marvin MillerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Karoline SchuchDoris Strelzyk
- Friedrich MückePeter Strelzyk
- Alicia von RittbergPetra Wetzel
- David KrossGünter Wetzel
- Jonas HoldenriederFrank Strelzyk
- Tilman DöblerAndreas 'Fitscher' Strelzyk
- Thomas KretschmannLieutenant Colonel Seidel
- Ronald KukuliesErik Baumann
- Emily KuscheKlara Baumann
- Ulrich BrandhoffLieutenant Colonel Tornow
- Sebastian HülkSenior Sergeant Lesch
- Kai Ivo BaulitzLieutenant Strehle
Stills
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Themes
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