By far the best Herbig film. The story tells the true adventure of a German family who want to escape from the GDR. The film is very exciting and a novelty of the director who is otherwise known exclusively for comedy.
The actors are rather unknown but play roles very authentically.
In his new film adaptation, Michael Bully Herbig depicts the escape preparations as a breathtaking race against time. The self-confessed Hitchcock fan succeeds in creating several scenes whose montage and sound design are reminiscent of the legendary master of suspense.
The fact that the film, designed with such attention to detail, comes across so powerfully is due not least to a clever directorial decision: Bully didn't create the giant flying machine on the computer, but shot it with a real tethered balloon.
The actors are rather unknown but play roles very authentically.
In his new film adaptation, Michael Bully Herbig depicts the escape preparations as a breathtaking race against time. The self-confessed Hitchcock fan succeeds in creating several scenes whose montage and sound design are reminiscent of the legendary master of suspense.
The fact that the film, designed with such attention to detail, comes across so powerfully is due not least to a clever directorial decision: Bully didn't create the giant flying machine on the computer, but shot it with a real tethered balloon.