The Flight

Overview

When Dr. Schmith's proposal for international research on infant mortality is rejected, he decides to leave East Germany and strikes a deal with an escape agency that promises him a leading position at a children's hospital in West Germany. But then the decision is reversed: the project is approved and his international colleagues want Dr. Schmith to head the GDR section. Moreover, he falls in love with his new colleague, Katharina. Schmith initially tries to ignore the arrangements he made with the escape agency, but they blackmail him. Things soon turn deadly...

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Cast

Trude Bechmann

Zierliche Alte

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Dr. Schmith

Jenny Gröllmann

Katharina

Gerhard Bienert

Schmiths Vater

Carl Heinz Choynski

Der Fremde

Johanna Clas

Lautenschläger

Hans Feldner

Mitteiler

Karin Gregorek

Gudrun

Rolf Hoppe

Der Runde

Heinz Hupfer

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