The Flight

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...

• Release date
• October 12, 1977
• Runtime
• 94 min
• Genres
• Drama, Thriller
• Director
• Roland Gräf

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

H

Hans Feldner Mitteiler Karin Gregorek Gudrun