Thomas Chemnitz

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.

In a lavishly produced documentary, we follow in the philosopher's footsteps. Drawing on private letters, secret service dossiers and the informers' reports of the Prussian Ministry of the Interior, we paint a fascinating portrait of a visionary who was badly shaken by fate.

レイフ・ファインズ主演の社会派サスペンス。ナイロビに駐留する英国外交官ジャスティンは、慈善活動に熱心な妻を殺されてしまう。その後、彼は独自に調査を開始。やがて薬物実験や汚職など、多国籍企業による陰謀が浮き彫りになっていく。