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
