The Flight 1977

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

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Jenny Gröllmann

Gerhard Bienert

Carl Heinz Choynski

Johanna Clas

Hans Feldner

Karin Gregorek

Rolf Hoppe

Heinz Hupfer

Gertraud Klawitter

Volkmar Kleinert

Wilhelm Koch-Hooge

Erika Pelikowsky

Simone von Zglinicki

Winfried Glatzeder

Günter Rüger