Die Flucht
/
Tentative de fuite
/
La Fuite
director:
Roland Gräf
playwright:
Roland Gräf
actor:
Trude Bechmann
/
Armin Mueller-Stahl
/
Jenny Gröllmann
/
Gerhard Bienert
/
Carl Heinz Choynski
…
genre:
Drama
/
Thriller
region:
Germany
language:
German
length: 1h 34m
release date: 1977-10-12
IMDb: tt0076040
Die Flucht
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...