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...

8.5

94 min

Cast

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

Gertraud Klawitter

as Frau Kraus

Volkmar Kleinert

as Wendt

Wilhelm Koch-Hooge

as Meißner

Erika Pelikowsky

as Mittenzwei

Simone von Zglinicki

as Frau Seebohm

Winfried Glatzeder

as Zeiske

Günter Rüger

Director

Roland Gräf