Balloon / Summer Cinema

Under the baton of Pragovka Gallery, you will have the opportunity to watch a total of 13 films. This time, with the overarching theme of growth and fasting, it will be screened every Tuesday after dark in the Max Space.

Divided Germany at the height of the Cold War, 1979. Two East German families yearn for a normal life in a free country and secretly prepare a big plan to escape to the West. Their main weapons are courage and ingenuity, thanks to which they build a hot air balloon with which one of the families attempts to fly to West Germany. However, the balloon crashes just before the border and the East German secret police, the Stasi, find traces of their failed escape attempt. Immediately, an investigation and search is launched. Under great time pressure, the two families scavenge for materials and build a new balloon, but with each passing day the police search circle around them narrows, threatening them with discovery and arrest. Another dangerous race against time begins, with the police hot on their heels. Will they get a second chance?

Drama / Thriller / Historical
Germany, 2018, 125 min
Directed by Michael Herbig
Screenplay by Kit Hopkins, Michael Herbig
Torsten Breuer
Music: Ralf Wengenmayr, Marvin Miller
Friedrich Mücke, Karoline Schuch, David Kross, Alicia von Rittberg, Thomas Kretschmann, Jonas Holdenrieder, Tilman Döbler, Christian Näthe, Till Patz