Night Crossing (1982)

 

Two men plan to escape from communist East Germany in a hot air balloon, but only if they can take their families with them.

From memory: Despite a good cast, this run-of-the-mill adventure film annoys as a typical Cold War propaganda piece full of cliches about the then communist East Germany.

Halliwell (no star): "Well-meaning melodrama which sadly lacks plot development and suspense, anns is also rather miserable to look at."

Maltin**1/2: "Unexceptional though well-cast and not unexciting tale..."