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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play In the fall of 1979 one of history&39;s most ingenious and courageous flights to freedom took place when two families fled from Communist East Germany to the West in their own handcrafted hot air balloon Starring John Hurt (HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER&39;S STONE) Jane Alexander (THE CIDER HOUSE RULES) and Beau Bridges Walt Disney Pictures brings to the screen this remarkable true story of the Strelzyk and Wetzel families and their daring death-defying escape Actors John Hurt Beau Bridges Jane Alexander Glynnis O&39;Connor Doug McKeon Keith McKeon Geoffrey Liesik & Michael Liesik Director Delbert Mann Certificate PG Year 1982 Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages English ; French ; Spanish - Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles Danish ; Dutch ; English ; English for the hearing impaired ; Finnish ; French ; Norwegian ; Spanish ; Swedish Duration 1 hour 43 minutes (approx)

Walt Disney Pictures escape adventure based on a true story, starring John Hurt and Beau Bridges as Peter Strelzyk and Gunter Wetzel, two men living under the oppressive Communist regime in East Germany. The friends are finding it increasingly difficult to carry on with their work and family life in the oppressive political environment, which permeates every aspect of their lives. Together they plan a daring escape for themselves and their families to democratic West Germany, using hot air balloons to carry them all to freedom.