Fluchtversuch

Story

Synopsis

1964. Germany is divided into two states. On a fateful day, two trucks drive towards each other. One comes from the west and transports industrial goods to Berlin. The other comes from the east and has a far more explosive cargo: four people who can no longer bear the inhumane SED regime and want to escape to freedom in an armored vehicle. The occupants of the trucks are still unaware of each other, but fate is driving them inexorably towards each other. They meet at the Wartha border crossing. The East German border guards order the West German truck drivers Lindner and Bleicher to park their truck across the road to stop the fugitives.

Director

Theo Mezger

Writers

Gustav Strübel, Rolf Defrank

Language

German

Country

Germany

Release date

7 January 1965

Ensemble

Cast

• Heinz Giese

  Karl Lindner

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  Elisabeth Wiedemann

  Erna Lindner

• Sigurd Fitzek

  Klaus Palke

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  Gudrun Genest

  Lisbeth Bleicher

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  Ruth Hausmeister

  Linda Spangenberg

• Erwin Linder

  Ernst Spangenberg

• Peter Thom

  Ludwig Bleicher

• Jens Johler

  Gerhard Fritsche

• Hansjoachim Krietsch

  Manfred Kadenbach

• Marianne Schubart-Vibach

  Frau Wenzel

• Kurt Haars

  Herr Kiefer

• Friedrich Theuring

  Schichtführer