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...
Zierliche Alte

Dr. Schmith

Katharina

Schmiths Vater

Der Fremde

Lautenschläger

Mitteiler
Gudrun

Der Runde

Empfangsmann
Frau Kraus
Wendt

Meißner

Mittenzwei

Frau Seebohm
Zeiske

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