Effective acting and a real life happening are the highlights of "Night Crossing," a 1982 film starring John Hurt, Jane Alexander, Beau Bridges, Glynis O'Connor, and Doug McKeon. Directed by Delbert Mann.
This story is based on the true story of two families, the Wetzels and the Strelzyks who live in East Berlin and badly want to escape to the west. They decide to give it a go in a hot air balloon.
This means lying about why they want the material and being very careful while making it. The first attempt, with just the Wetzels, fails, and they are terrified of being captured as they sneak through the woods to their car.
Peter Strelzyk (Hurt) is devastated but decides that he can't give up. The Wetzels decide to join them.
The scenes with the hot air balloon in the sky are beautiful, and the performances by the group of pros are very strong. The end is powerful.
What an inspiring story -- when you want to do something badly enough, you don't give up. A poster said he uses it for one of his classes - it's a great lesson, as the Berlin Wall is long gone and young people don't know about it. A sad moment in history.
This story is based on the true story of two families, the Wetzels and the Strelzyks who live in East Berlin and badly want to escape to the west. They decide to give it a go in a hot air balloon.
This means lying about why they want the material and being very careful while making it. The first attempt, with just the Wetzels, fails, and they are terrified of being captured as they sneak through the woods to their car.
Peter Strelzyk (Hurt) is devastated but decides that he can't give up. The Wetzels decide to join them.
The scenes with the hot air balloon in the sky are beautiful, and the performances by the group of pros are very strong. The end is powerful.
What an inspiring story -- when you want to do something badly enough, you don't give up. A poster said he uses it for one of his classes - it's a great lesson, as the Berlin Wall is long gone and young people don't know about it. A sad moment in history.