Filmstill Der Rote Ballon

The Red Balloon

Director: Albert Lamorisse | France 1956 | 34 min | 16mm | Original Version | with Pascal Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Vladimir Popov

Little Pascal finds a red balloon, but his mother doesn't want him to take it with him and demands that he leave it behind. The red balloon decides to stay with Pascal, however, and from then on it always stays close to him. It follows Pascal through the streets of Paris - even to school. The boy and his companion cause quite a stir, and a group of boys wants to destroy the balloon.

Print from the collection of Kino im Blauen Salon (HfG KA)
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