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...
Trude Bechmann
Zierliche Alte
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Dr. Schmith
Jenny Gröllmann
Katharina
Gerhard Bienert
Schmiths Vater
Carl Heinz Choynski
Der Fremde
Johanna Clas
Lautenschläger
Hans Feldner
Mitteiler
Karin Gregorek
Gudrun
Rolf Hoppe
Der Runde
Heinz Hupfer
Empfangsmann
Gertraud Klawitter
Frau Kraus
Volkmar Kleinert
Wendt
Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
Meißner
Erika Pelikowsky
Mittenzwei
Simone von Zglinicki
Frau Seebohm
