Night Crossing
by Delbert Mann
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Actor: Beau Bridges, Doug McKeon, Jane Alexander, John Hurt, Keith McKeonDirector: Delbert Mann
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
Cinematographer: Tony Imi
Editor: Gordon D. Brenner
Producer: Marc Stirdivant
Producer: Ron Miller
Producer: Tom Leetch
Writer: John McGreevey
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-03-02
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Product features:
- Based on a true story, NIGHT CROSSING chronicles the perils of two East German families -- the Strelzyks and the Wetzels -- as they attempt to cross over the Berlin Wall and escape to the freedom of the West. Peter Strelzyk and Gunter Wetzel secretly build a hot-air balloon to travel over the wall. But Gunter's wife convinces her husband to abandon the project, and only the Strelzyks are aboar
Movie Reviews of Night Crossing
Movie Review: Superb and Inspiring Film
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is simply superb, all the more so because it's based on the true story of the Wetzel and Strelzyk families escaping the communist dictatorship in East Germany in a hot air balloon they built from scratch. They had no idea about hot air balloons when they made the decision, just a deep desire for freedom and a passion for tinkering. Their story is a fabluous testament to human ingenuity and longing for liberty. The movie tells the story suspensfully, candidly and is accurate in almost every detail of the escape's preparations over 18 months and eventual success on the night of 15th September 1979.
The cinematography of the inner German border and East German military equipment is excellent especially given the very limited access that Disney would have had to it at the time (1981 at the height of the Cold War). All in all a must watch for anyone inspired by escape stories and desire for liberty. Günter Wetzel's story in his own words is available in English at his own website: [...]
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