Two families in East Germany concoct a daring plan to escape to the West in a homemade hot air balloon during the summer of 1979. After weeks of sewing and tinkering, they make their first attempt, but the balloon crashes due to rain just meters from the West German border.
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In 1979, East Germany, two families risk everything to escape the communist regime, building a second hot-air balloon in hopes of reaching freedom in the West, but the East German State Police are hot on their heels.
