Zomer 1979 in Thüringen. De families Strelzyk en Wetzel hebben een gewaagd plan. Ze willen met een zelfgemaakte luchtballon vluchten van de DDR naar het Westen. Zelfs wanneer de ballon gebouwd is, blijft vader Günter Wetzel tegen de ontsnapping.
Nee, helaas is Ballon nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Michael Herbig | Director |
| Writing | Thilo Röscheisen | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kit Hopkins | Screenplay |
| Editing | Alexander Dittner | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tatjana Krauskopf | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lisy Christl | Costume Design |
| Production | Christian Held | Production Manager |
| Production | Ulrike Fauth | Line Producer |
| Art | Bernd Lepel | Production Design |
| Production | Daniela Tolkien | Casting |
| Writing | Michael Herbig | Screenplay |
| Production | Michael Herbig | Producer |
| Camera | Torsten Breuer | Director of Photography |
| Art | Kerstin Grund | Set Decoration |
| Production | Stefan Gärtner | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Marvin Miller | Music |
| Visual Effects | Dirk Lange | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Ralf Wengenmayr | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Friedemann Röse | Second Assistant "B" Camera |