Released:
1977-10-12

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...

Director:
Roland Gräf

Runtime:
1h 34min

Genre:
Drama, Thriller

• Cast:
• 
  Trude Bechmann
  as
  Zierliche Alte
• 
  Armin Mueller-Stahl
  as
  Dr. Schmith
• 
  Jenny Gröllmann
  as
  Katharina
• 
  Gerhard Bienert
  as
  Schmiths Vater
• 
  Carl Heinz Choynski
  as
  Der Fremde