
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.

as Doris Strelzyk

as Peter Strelzyk

as Petra Wetzel

as Günter Wetzel

as Frank Strelzyk

as Andreas 'Fitscher' Strelzyk

as Lieutenant Colonel Seidel

as Erik Baumann

as Klara Baumann

as Lieutenant Colonel Tornow

as Senior Sergeant Lesch

as Lieutenant Strehle

as Colonel Witzke

as Captain Heym

as Private Kenner

as Werner Meissner (SED-District Leader)

as Peterchen Wetzel

as Andreas Wetzel

as Günter's Stepfather

as Kindergarten Teacher (Ulrike Piehl)

as Beate Baumann

as Pharmacist

as Duty Officer

as Günter's Mother

as West Police Officer

as West Police Officer

as Jörg Franke

as Consumer Woman

as American

as Receptionist

as Textile Saleswoman

as Kuhn

as Textile Saleswoman

as Helga

as Party Comrade

as People's Policeman in Pößneck

as Forensic Scientist

as Pilot

as Joachim Breninek (Flight Instructor)

as US Embassy Employee

as US Embassy Employee

as Lena

as Petra's Brother

as Consumer Woman