The Flight
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...
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
Hans Feldner
Mitteiler

Karin Gregorek
Gudrun

Rolf Hoppe
Der Runde
Heinz Hupfer
Empfangsmann
Gertraud Klawitter
Frau Kraus

Volkmar Kleinert
Wendt