The film is based on the true story of the strelzyk and wetzel families, who on september 16, 1979, attempted to escape from east germany to west germany in a homemade hot air balloon. In the film, it will show the abuse of those residing in east germany. Handmade hot air balloon made by peter strelzyk, gunter wetzel and families to flee east germany to the west 1962 405x520. All it took was courage, science and 14,000 square feet of taffeta. The 2nd attempt by both families together was successful. The plate here is groaning, piled high with links, like a monument to jimmy dean, determined to get the stircrazied through at least an afternoon during this spell of forced. Two families attempt to escape a chilling situation in a. Viewers get a sense of the bleakness of life under the totalitarian regime. Night crossing was a cold war drama based on the true story about two families that escaped east germany into west germany in 1979. The wetzel family alongside the movie poster for night crossing. This became night crossing, the 1982 film from the disney studios, with john hurt as peter strelzyk, one of the few dramatic films to deal with communist reality. Night crossing 1982 subtitles in 1978, in east germany, two families, the strelzyks and the wetzels, make plans to escape the communist east and flee to the west. Disney did a really good movie about it called night crossing in the early 80s. Beau bridges and glynnis oconnor in night crossing 1982 john hurt and beau.
East germany with their families in the middle of the night thanks to. Night crossing is a film is based on a true story about two families desperate to escape from they tyranny that ruled throughout east germany. History lessons from john hurts great escape the daily. Doug mckeon, much easier to take here than he was in on golden pond, plays one of the strelzyk children. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study.
The entire strelzyk family lifted from a forest clearing at 1. Watch night crossing online stream full movie directv. A heroic and ingenious father organizes an escape for his family from east germany to the west via a homemade hot air balloon. The first attempt only by the strelzyk family failed. The strelzyks decide to go alone, but bad weather causes the. Night crossing is a magnificent historical portrayal of two families in communist east germany. The film is based on the true story of the strelzyk and wetzel families, who on september 16, 1979, attempted to escape from east germany to west germany in a homemade hot air balloon, during the days of the inner german border era, when emigration to west. Michael herbigs film ballon 2018 is a germanlanguage adaptation of the story. It gave a bit of a feel for what they went through getting the materials to make that balloon. Based on a true story, night crossing chronicles the perils of two east german families as they attempt to cross over the berlin wall and escape to the freedom of the west in a hotair balloon. Peter strelzyk builds an experimental homemade hot air balloon burner. On the ground, strelzyk had no idea where they had landed.
Two families the strelzyks and the wetzels handcrafted a hot air balloon in the forests near poesneck, east germany. In 1978, in east germany, two families, the strelzyks and the wetzels, make plans to escape the communist east and flee to the west. Peter strelzyk comes up with a daring idea to construct a homemade air balloon big enough to carry the two families across the eastwest militarized border. The theme of night crossing is, determination wins. The film is based on the true story of the strelzyk and wetzel families, who on september 16, 1979, attempted to escape from east germany to west germany in a homemade hot air balloon, during the days of the inner german borderera, when emigration to west. In the fall of 1979, one of historys 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. Henry the nutcracker and the four realms 2018 the nutcracker and the mouse king by ernst t. The incredible danger the two families faced was trying to cross the berlin wall, which they succeeded in doing in a hot air balloon. Gunter wetzel and peter strelzyk built a hot air balloon from scratch. Its satisfying in a sundayafternoon matinee kind of way. After some final calculations and whispered prayers, the craft took off into the night.
Two men want to escape from east germany under communist rule but they will only go if they can take their families with them. Multi night crossing 1982 1080p hdtv h264plutonium. Ballon 2018 125 min drama, history, thriller balloon is a german thriller that deals with the crossing of the inner german border of the families strelzyk and wetzel from the gdr to west germany with a homemade hotair balloon. Man who fled east germany in a homemade balloon and whose. Night crossing also features jane alexander, doug mckeon, and keith mckeon as members of the strelzyk family, and glynnis oconnor, michael liesik, and geoffrey liesik as the wetzels. Two men fed up with an oppressive government hatched a. Always remember dont trust the opinion of night crossing 1982 on the internet because the authors paid to write a comment. Night crossing 1982 john hurt as peter strelzyk imdb. Download night crossing yts yify movies torrents download. How two families fled communist oppression in east germany in a homemade hot air balloon. In 1982 disney turned the escape into a major film called night crossing. A moderate wind was blowing them towards the border and freedom in west germany.
How two families fled communist oppression in east germany. Night crossing, which opens today at the guild, is about the strelzyks and the wetzels, played, respectively, by john hurt and jane alexander and beau bridges and glynnis oconnor. The strelzyk family prepares to flee eastern germany via. In the fall of 1979, one of historys most ingenious and courageous flights to freedom took place when two families fled from communist east. The strelzyks decide to go alone, but bad weather causes the balloon. The escape was so celebrated that in 1982 disney turned it into a major film called night crossing, with john hurt starring as herr strelzyk. Chick is obviously not comfortable committing to such a drastic drain on the family s savings. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. About a decade after the balloon flight, the berlin wall fell as communism in eastern europe collapsed. The disney film night crossing 1982 is an adaptation of the story.
Along the way he is enamored, and ably author robert masellos latest travels back for another go of historical fiction set in victorian london. The strelzyk family prepares to flee eastern germany via homemade hot air balloon 1979 731x500 close. After a 28minute flight the balloon landed on a meadow in the bavarian town of naila in west germany. Never losing sight of their objective, two east german families risk it all, in their daring balloon escape to freedom. Harrowing flight from east germany the washington post. The film is based on the true story of the strelzyk and wetzel families, who on september 16, 1979, attempted to escape from east germany to west germany in a. The night crossing exhumes bram stokers background as he investigates, of all things, an ancient egyptian curse that is the potion needed for his famous novels origin. Night crossing, flight from west germany the new york. The east german balloon escape took place at approximately 2. A german soldier returns home only to find his family no longer there. How two families fled communist oppression in east germany in a.
Night crossing in 1982 was a disney production, but sometimes with its beatbybeat scenes of family tension and family reconciliation the new film can feel as square and prepackaged as the studios product from that era. The additional value of this true life story, was the producers who were german, with. Night crossing is a 1982 britishamerican drama film starring john hurt, jane alexander and beau bridges. The film is based on the true story of the strelzyk and wetzel families, who on september 16, 1979, attempted to escape from east germany to west germany in a homemade hot air balloon, during the days of the inner german border era, when emigration to west germany was strictly prohibited by the east german government.
Two men john hurt, beau bridges and their families escape from east to west germany in a colorful homemade hotair balloon. Delbert mann john hurt, jane alexander, beau bridges 107 min family, actionadventure escape from socialism, creator as hero. They reached an altitude of 6,600 feet 2,000 m according to an altimeter strelzyk had made by modifying a barometer. Two families, with eight members in total, escaped the communist country of. First depicted in the 1982 disney film night crossing, starring john hurt, jane alexander and beau bridges, the story has been retold in the german boxoffice hit balloon, now receiving an.
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