Movielogr
The Flight (1977)
Directed by Roland Gräf
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…
Length 94 minutes
Actors
Trude Bechmann | Armin Mueller-Stahl | Jenny Gröllmann | Gerhard Bienert | Carl Heinz Choynski | Johanna Clas | Hans Feldner | Karin Gregorek | Rolf Hoppe | Heinz Hupfer | Gertraud Klawitter | Volkmar Kleinert | Wilhelm Koch-Hooge | Erika Pelikowsky | Simone von Zglinicki | Winfried Glatzeder | Günter Rüger