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...
as Zierliche Alte
as Dr. Schmith
as Katharina
as Schmiths Vater
as Der Fremde
as Lautenschläger
as Mitteiler
as Gudrun
as Der Runde
as Empfangsmann
as Frau Kraus
as Wendt
as Meißner
as Mittenzwei
as Frau Seebohm
as Zeiske
