Balloon vs Escape from Pretoria
Balloon has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 7.2/10 for Escape from Pretoria). Escape from Pretoria is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h 5m. Balloon is the older of the two (2018 against 2020). Both are drama, history, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Balloon
Escape from Pretoria| Balloon | Escape from Pretoria | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2020 |
| Length | 2h 5m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Drama, History, Thriller | Drama, History, Thriller |
| Country | France | – |
| Director | Michael Herbig | Francis Annan |
| Main cast | Emily Kusche, Thomas Kretschmann, David Kross, Sebastian Hülk, Alicia von Rittberg | Ian Hart, Daniel Radcliffe, Grant Piro, Daniel Webber, Mark Leonard Winter |
Synopsis
Balloon
Two families attempt a daredevil plan to escape the GDR with a homemade hot air balloon, but it crashes just before the border. The Stasi finds traces of this attempt to escape and immediately starts investigations, while the two families are forced to build a new escape balloon. With each passing day the Stasi is closer on their heels – a nerve-wracking race against time begins.
Escape from Pretoria
South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison.
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