Flight North

2h 2m
Drama
4.5

Johanna has fled Nazi Germany to visit a friend in Finland, and from there she continues on to her friend's family's estate. Once at the estate, Johanna passionately argues with her friend's pro-Nazi brother and at the same time, falls for the second, good-looking brother who shares her own anti-fascist feelings. The two are soon engaged in an active sexual relationship that continues as they travel north to an Arctic port.

Cast

Katharina Thalbach
Johanna
Jukka-Pekka Palo
Ragnar
Lena Olin
Karin
Tom Pöysti
Jens
Käbi Laretei
Mother
Britta Pohland
Suse
Joseph Goebbels
Self (archive footage)
Ahti Similä
Hanuristi (uncredited)

Crew

Ingemo Engström
Director, Writer, Producer
Klaus Mann
Novel
Thomas Balkenhol
Editor
Axel Block
Director of Photography
Gretel Merdan
Assistant Director
Kay Brase
Assistant Director
Jörn Donner
Producer
Gerhard Theuring
Producer
Christina Undritz
Producer
Tikke Tuura
Production Design
Jukka Vikberg
Production Design
Maikki Tielinen
Costume Design
Heidi Wujek
Costume Design
Gerhard Metz
Sound
Uli Möller
Production Manager
Carl von Willebrand
Production Manager

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