Directed by:
Michael HerbigCinematography:
Torsten BreuerCast:
Friedrich Mücke, Karoline Schuch, David Kross, Alicia von Rittberg, Thomas Kretschmann, Jonas Holdenrieder, Tilman Döbler, Christian Näthe, Till Patz (more)Plots(1)
1979, East Germany at the height of the Cold War. Two ordinary families yearning for freedom secretly form a great escape plan to the get across to the West: with courage and ingenuity as their main weapons, they construct a hot-air balloon out of small pieces of material so that their eight family-members can fly over the Berlin Wall. But an initial failure puts their entire plan in jeopardy, setting off a dangerous race against time for a second attempt, with the East German State Police now hot on their heels... An incredible and gripping true story of resistance. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Tilo Keiner
West Germany
Best movies:
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Peter Prager
East Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Frozen Sky (2011) (series)
The Collini Case (2019)
Nadja Engel
East Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
The Reader (2008)
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
Tom Kreß
West Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Relativity (2019)
Thomas Birnstiel
West Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Frühling (2011) (series)
Cornelius Schwalm
West Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Three (2010)
Amour Fou (2014)
Christian Gaul
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Cracks in the Shell (2011)
The Last Station (2009)
Beate Kurecki
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Sebastian Schwarz
East Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
I'm Your Man (2021)
Praxis mit Meerblick (2017) (series)
Timur Bartels
Germany
Best movies:
Sandra Lava
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Stefan Kaminsky
East Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Thomas Chemnitz
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
The Constant Gardener (2005)
Chaos-Queens (2017) (series)
Jonas Laux
Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie (2007) (TV movie)
Whisper 5 : Le grand ouragan (2021)
Jörn Hentschel
East Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
The Captain (2017)
Rivals Forever - The Sneaker Battle (2015) (TV movie)
Kaspar Eichel
German Empire
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Rising High (2020)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Daniela Elhagh
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Angela Jacobi
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Die Bergretter (2009) (series)
Wolfgang Haas
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Hochzeitsstrudel und Zwetschgenglück (2020) (TV movie)
Das Leben ist ein Bauernhof (2012) (TV movie)
Uwe Kosubek
West Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)