The Flight
19771h 34mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- Thriller
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...
Keywords
- propaganda
- ideology
- german democratic republic
- escape agent
- head physician
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 12, 1977
- Original language
- German
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany, East Germany
- Production
- DEFA
- Cast
- Winfried Glatzeder,Erika Pelikowsky,Gertraud Klawitter,Rolf Hoppe,Heinz Hupfer,Simone von Zglinicki,Günter Rüger,Armin Mueller-Stahl,Wilhelm Koch-Hooge,Carl Heinz Choynskiand 7 more
- Director
- Roland Gräf
- Writer
- Christel Gräf,Roland Gräf
- Cinematography
- Claus Neumann
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0076040