The Flight
Synopsis
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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Edited by Monika SchindlerShot by Claus NeumannScored by Gunther FischerDesigned by Georg Wratsch
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- The Flighten
- The Runawayen
- La Fuitefr
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Cast & Crew
17 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Jenny Grollmann
as Katharina Krause
Erika Pelikowsky
as Hilde Mittenzwei
Armin Mueller Stahl
as Schmith
Wilhelm Koch Hooge
as Meissner
Winfried Glatzeder
as Zeiske
Simone Von Zglinicki
as Frau Seebohm
Johanna Clas
as Frau Lautenschläger
Gertraud Klawitter
as Frau Kraus
Volkmar Kleinert
as Dr. Wendt
Dietrich Laube
as Zenker
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