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...
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
DE
Genres:
Drama, Thriller
Release:
October 1977
Production:
DEFA
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
Tags:
propaganda, german democratic republic, ideology, head physician, escape agent
