The Flight
1977 · 1h 34m · N/A
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Roland Gräf
,
Eleonore Dressel
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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...
Director and cast
- Roland Gräf Director
- Eleonore Dressel Director
- Trude Bechmann as Zierliche Alte
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as Dr. Schmith
- Jenny Gröllmann as Katharina
- Gerhard Bienert as Schmiths Vater
- Carl Heinz Choynski as Der Fremde
- Johanna Clas as Lautenschläger
- Hans Feldner as Mitteiler
- Karin Gregorek as Gudrun
- Rolf Hoppe as Der Runde
- Heinz Hupfer as Empfangsmann
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