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
as Zierliche Alte
Armin Mueller-Stahl
as Dr. Schmith
Jenny Gröllmann
as Katharina
Gerhard Bienert
as Schmiths Vater
Carl Heinz Choynski
as Der Fremde
Johanna Clas
as Lautenschläger
Hans Feldner
as Mitteiler
Karin Gregorek
as Gudrun
Rolf Hoppe
as Der Runde
Heinz Hupfer
as Empfangsmann
Gertraud Klawitter
as Frau Kraus
Volkmar Kleinert
as Wendt
