Balloon vs Truth & Treason
Truth & Treason has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.5/10 for Balloon). Truth & Treason is the shorter watch at 2h compared with 2h 5m. Balloon is the older of the two (2018 against 2025). Both are drama, history, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Balloon
Truth & Treason| Balloon | Truth & Treason | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 9.0/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h 5m | 2h |
| Genres | Drama, History, Thriller | Drama, History, Thriller |
| Country | France | – |
| Director | Michael Herbig | Matt Whitaker |
| Main cast | Emily Kusche, Thomas Kretschmann, David Kross, Sebastian Hülk, Alicia von Rittberg | Rupert Evans, Daniel Betts, Ewan Horrocks, Brian Caspe, Dominic Mafham |
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.
Truth & Treason
When loyalty to country becomes loyalty to a lie, one teen risks everything to expose the truth. With the Gestapo closing in, he must decide what it really means to be a good German.
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