Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. Night Crossing is a 1982 thriller 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 Inner German border-era when immigration to West Germany was strictly prohibited by the East German ...

  2. Feb 5, 1982 · Night Crossing: Directed by Delbert Mann. With John Hurt, Jane Alexander, Doug McKeon, Keith McKeon. True tale about two men planning to escape from communist East Germany in a hot air balloon, but only if they can take their families with them.

    • (1.6K)
    • Drama, Family, History
    • Delbert Mann
    • 1982-02-05
  3. Night Crossing is a 1982 Disney movie made during their period of films aimed more at older audiences. It's the based-on-a-true-story account of the Strelzyk and Wetzel families' escape from East Germany in a homemade hot air balloon on the night of September 15, 1979. That's right. This is a true story, and a truly remarkable one at that. The ...

  4. Film Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. John McGreevey's screenplay for Night Crossing is based on the true story of two families who escaped East Germany in an air balloon in 1979. Peter Strelzyk (John Hurt) is appalled by the oppressiveness of the Communist Party and stunned when a neighbor's son is killed trying to make it through the ...

  5. People also ask

  6. jon c Based on the true story of a night crossing of one brave attempt to escape huge confines in one's own home country starring the late John Hurt and Beau Bridges It's East Germany 1961 A ...

    • (21)
    • Delbert Mann
    • PG
    • John Hurt
    • Is night crossing based on a true story?1
    • Is night crossing based on a true story?2
    • Is night crossing based on a true story?3
    • Is night crossing based on a true story?4
  7. Night Crossing is a 1982 Disney film starring John Hurt and Beau Bridges. The film is based on the true story of the Strelzyk and Wetzel families, who on September 16, 1979 escaped from East Germany to West Germany in a homemade hot air balloon during the days of the Berlin Wall when emigration to West Germany was strictly prohibited by the East German government. The film opens with a brief ...

  8. Feb 5, 1982 · The real star of ''Night Crossing,'' however, is the balloon, which performs splendidly, even if it doesn't look the least bit homemade. The balloon-stunt people have done an especially ...

  1. People also search for