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
Friedrich Mücke
East Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Wunderschön (2022)
Russendisko (2012)
Karoline Schuch
East Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Time You Change (2010)
Dark Woods (2020) (series)
David Kross
West Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
The Keeper (2018)
The Reader (2008)
Alicia von Rittberg
Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Fury (2014)
Barbara (2012)
Thomas Kretschmann
East Germany
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Valkyrie (2008)
Jonas Holdenrieder
Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Suck Me Shakespeer (2013)
God, You're Such a Prick (2020)
Tilman Döbler
Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Richard the Stork (2017)
Christian Näthe
East Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
Till Patz
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Ronald Kukulies
West Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013) (series)
54 Hours (2018) (series)
Emily Kusche
Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
The Perfect Secret (2019)
Don't. Get. Out! (2018)
Sebastian Hülk
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Gernot Kunert
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Ulrich Brandhoff
East Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Naked Among Wolves (2015) (TV movie)
A Hidden Life (2019)
Peter Trabner
West Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Rivals Forever - The Sneaker Battle (2015) (TV movie)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Bernd Michael Lade
East Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Come Sweet Death (2000)
Kai Ivo Baulitz
West Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Run Boy Run (2013)
Bernd Stegemann
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Life Is All You Get (1997)
Antje Traue
East Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Phantom Pain (2009)
Man of Steel (2013)
Elisabeth Wasserscheid
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)