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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...
Director
Writer
Producer
Studio
DEFA
Original Title
Die Flucht
Original Language
German
Cast
Full credits →T
Trude Bechmann
Zierliche Alte
A
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Dr. Schmith
J
Jenny Gröllmann
Katharina
G
Gerhard Bienert
Schmiths Vater
C
Carl Heinz Choynski
Der Fremde
J
Johanna Clas
Lautenschläger
H
Hans Feldner
Mitteiler
K
Karin Gregorek
Gudrun
R
Rolf Hoppe
Der Runde
H
Heinz Hupfer
Empfangsmann
V
Volkmar Kleinert
Wendt
W
Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
Meißner
E
Erika Pelikowsky
Mittenzwei
S
Simone von Zglinicki
Frau Seebohm
W
Winfried Glatzeder
Zeiske
G
Günter Rüger
