---
title: 'Night Crossing (1982)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Delbert Mann'
released: '1982-02-05'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/night-crossing-1982'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082810/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Night Crossing (1982)

1982 · 107 min · Drama · Germany, United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Night Crossing is a 1982 thriller drama film starring: John Hurt, Jane Alexander and Beau Bridges. The film is based on the true story of the Strelzyk and Wetzel families who, on September 16, 1979, escaped from East Germany to West Germany in a homemade hot-air balloon during the Inner German border-era, when emigration to West Germany was strictly prohibited by the East German government. It was the final theatrical film directed by Delbert Mann and the last in which Kay Walsh appeared before retiring. A German variant was made in 2018.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Delbert Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/delbert-mann)
- **Screenplay:** [John McGreevey](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mcgreevey)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jerry Goldsmith](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-goldsmith)
- **Producer:** [Tom Leetch](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-leetch)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tony Imi](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-imi)

## Cast

- [Jane Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-alexander)
- [Jan Niklas](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-niklas)
- [Klaus Löwitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-lowitsch)
- [Sky du Mont](https://cinepixo.com/people/sky-du-mont)
- [Ian Bannen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-bannen)
- [Carola Höhn](https://cinepixo.com/people/carola-hohn)
- [Günter Meisner](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunter-meisner)
- [John Hurt](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hurt)
- [Glynnis O'Connor](https://cinepixo.com/people/glynnis-o-connor)
- [Beau Bridges](https://cinepixo.com/people/beau-bridges)
- [Kay Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/kay-walsh)

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Official site: http://movies.disney.com/night-crossing
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/night-crossing-1982
Film facts: Wikidata (Q490076); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.