Planning to cross the Inner German Border during the Cold War in a gigantic hot-air balloon may sound crazy, but it felt like an obvious step for the Strelzyk and Wetzel families. While the Soviet ...

Disney made a 1982 film about the famous East German balloon escape of 1979, however this latest German version is more of a reappropriation. Peter Strelzyk (Friedrich Mucke) and Gunter Wetzel (David ...