Flucht

Story

Synopsis

On Wednesday night, violent criminal Karl Schanz escapes from Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel prison. Disguised as a policeman, he manages to get to the apartment of young Christine, the wife of his best friend and former fellow inmate. Christine has no idea that Schanz has already stabbed a man to death during his escape. His goal: by taking the senior public prosecutor hostage, he wants to extort a million marks and a flight to South America...

Director

Thomas Fantl

Writers

Ladislav Mňačko

Language

German

Country

Germany

Release date

24 June 1977

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Werner Bruhns

  Henner

• 

  Hannelore Elsner

  Christine

• 

  Herbert Fleischmann

  Schanz

• Martin Piontek-Loos

  Hinze

• 

  Hans Häckermann

  Präsident