The Flight (1977)

Name: The Flight
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1977-10-12
Cast: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Volkmar Kleinert, Carl Heinz Choynski, Winfried Glatzeder, Rolf Hoppe

Drama Thriller

Release Date:	1977, October 12
Directors:	Roland Gräf
Countries:	Germany, East Germany
Production:	DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast:	Armin Mueller-Stahl, Volkmar Kleinert, Carl Heinz Choynski, Winfried Glatzeder, Rolf Hoppe, Karin Gregorek, Simone von Zglinicki, Jenny Gröllmann, Johanna Clas, Heinz Hupfer, Wilhelm Koch-Hooge, Trude Bechmann

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 german democratic republic ideology escape agent head physician

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Critics Rating:	83.3

The Flight (1977)

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