Balloon

East Berlin, 1979. A child drops a toy rubber duck in a puddle. Two families stitch bedsheets into a hot-air balloon. Stasi agents spot a scrap of fabric near the border fence. The families build a second balloon while the room fills with smoke from the burner. A director’s relic of real tension, snug in its classically framed dread.

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Michael Herbig directed Balloon in 2018. See Michael Herbig's full filmography, where to start with Michael Herbig, or where to go after you've seen everything by Michael Herbig.

Balloon was released in 2018 (DE original-language production), with a runtime of 125 minutes.