The Flight

IMDb 8.5 1977 • 94 min • DramaThriller

Director

Roland Gräf

Country

DE

Plot Summary

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...

Top Cast

Trude Bechmann
Trude Bechmann Zierliche Alte
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Armin Mueller-Stahl Dr. Schmith
Jenny Gröllmann
Jenny Gröllmann Katharina
Gerhard Bienert
Gerhard Bienert Schmiths Vater
Carl Heinz Choynski
Carl Heinz Choynski Der Fremde