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Balloon is a Allemand film of genre Drama directed by Michael Herbig released in USA on 21 february 2020 with Karoline Schuch
Balloon (2018)
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Add to a movie listLe Vent de la liberté (titre original : Ballon) est un thriller historique allemand réalisé par Michael Herbig, sorti en 2018. Ce film retrace l'histoire véridique de deux familles qui, en 1979, réussirent à fuir la RDA en montgolfière.
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Été 1979 à Pößneck dans le District (Bezirk) de Gera en Thuringe. Les familles Strelzyk et Wetzel ont le projet audacieux de s'enfuir de la RDA à l'ouest avec une montgolfière faite maison. Mais si les conditions de vent sont parfaites, Günter Wetzel pense la chose trop dangereuse, persuadé que le ballon est trop petit pour huit personnes et son épouse Petra a peur pour leurs deux enfants. Par conséquent, ils abandonnent la tentative d'évasion au dernier moment. Doris et Peter Strelzyk veulent maintenant s’aventurer seuls avec leurs deux fils. L'un d'eux, Frank, est tombé amoureux de Klara Baumann, la fille du voisin Erik, qui travaille pour la Stasi, et lui écrit une lettre d'adieu.Actors
Karoline Schuch
(Doris Strelzyk)
David Kross
(Günter Wetzel)
Alicia Gräfin von Rittberg
(Petra Wetzel)
Thomas Kretschmann
(Oberstleutnant Seidel)
Antje Traue
(Kindergärtnerin (Ulrike Piehl))
Tim Williams
(Amerikaner)
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Haman then goes to the king and tells him a lie about the Jews. The king believes him and gives him his signet ring which gives Haman the right to decree a rule that even the king cannot hold back. Haman sends a decree to all provinces that they should annihilate all Jews within their borders . At hearing this decree, Mordechai dresses himself in sackcloth and ashes and mourns outside the palace gates. Mimouna informs Esther and Esther orders her servant, Hatach (Cristopher Ettridge), to give Mordechai clothes. Mordechai refuses them. Esther orders Hatach to ask Mordechai what afflicts him. Mordechai gives the letter of decree to Esther and tells Esther to go before the king. Esther reads the letter and cries because it is forbidden to go before the king without being called. Mimouna reminds her that if the king hold out his golden scepter her life will be spared. Esther tells Mordechai to gather all the Jews and to fast for three days on her behalf. After three days, she dresses in the royal robes of state, that she was first crowned in, and goes before the king. The king holds out his scepter and asks her her petition and request and promises her that it shall be granted. Esther asks Haman and the king to go to a banquet she has prepared in her quarters. the king grants her request. At the banquet, the king again asks Esther her petition and request. Esther promises the king that she will tell her petition and request if they go to the banquet tomorrow again. The next day achashverosh wakes up after having a nightmare , the royal eunuchs read the chronincal and find mordchai wasn’t rewarded for the incident with bigtan and teresh, just then haman comes to ask permission for the gallows (after he already built it) the king waylays him and asks what to do for a man the king wishes to honor. haman thinks its him , and gives his ideas, he's told to do it for mordechai , he does it then returns to his house in shame his wife says he is done for, then the royal escort comes for him. at the second banquet, the king asks the same question and she asks to spare her life and the lives of her people. The king asks her who would do such a thing. She exploits Haman. The king, enraged, goes to his garden. Haman asks Esther to spare his life. The king comes back and tells his guards to hang Haman and gets his signet ring. The king appoints Mordechai as his lord chamberlain. Mordechai then decrees that allow Jews to defend themselves. Esther asks the king to hold back the rule made by Haman. This is not possible (to revoke a law) in Parsia. He tells her she must find another solution. With the help of Mordechai, she asks the king to create the law that for one day, the Jews can defend themselves against any that are persecuting them. The king grants her request. Much blood is shed. Esther then passes a law that the Jews must celebrate the day that changed their fate. Some of the Jews go back to Jerusalem, led by Ezra (Frank Baker). However, Esther stays with her husband as they are in love.