Fluchtversuch (1965)
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
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Heinz Giese as Karl Lindner |
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Elisabeth Wiedemann as Erna Lindner |
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Sigurd Fitzek as Klaus Palke |
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Gudrun Genest as Lisbeth Bleicher |
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Erwin Linder as Ernst Spangenberg |
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Ruth Hausmeister as Linda Spangenberg |
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Peter Thom as Ludwig Bleicher |
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Jens Johler as Gerhard Fritsche |
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Hansjoachim Krietsch as Manfred Kadenbach |
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Marianne Schubart-Vibach as Frau Wenzel |
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Kurt Haars as Herr Kiefer |
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Friedrich Theuring as Schichtführer |
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Wilfried Elste as |
| Directing | Theo Mezger | Director |
| Writing | Rolf Defrank | Writer |
| Writing | Gustav Strübel | Writer |
| Production | Gustav Strübel | Producer |
| Crew | Hartmut Missbach | Cinematography |
| Editing | Hans Trollst | Editor |
| Art | Karl Wägele | Production Design |
| Art | Wolfgang Wahl | Art Direction |
| Directing | Günther Richardt | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Rolf Reinhardt | Sound |
| Camera | Thomas Schwan | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jim Lewis | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Michael Condé | Camera Operator |