''Flight North'' (, ) is a 1986 West German-Finnish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by . It was entered into the

36th Berlin International Film Festival The 36th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held 14–25 February 1986. The festival opened with '' Ginger and Fred'' by Federico Fellini, which played out of competition at the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to West German ...

Premise

A film adaptation of Klaus Mann's novel follows a woman's escape from Nazi Germany to Finland in search of safety and freedom.

Cast

Katharina Thalbach Katharina Thalbach (; actually ''Katharina Joachim genannt Thalbach''; born 19 January 1954) is a German actress and stage director. She played theater at the Berliner Ensemble and at the olksbühne Berlin and was an actress in the film ''Th ...

as Johanna * as Ragnar *

Lena Olin Lena Maria Jonna Olin (; born 22 March 1955) is a Swedish actress. She has received nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Mentored by filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, she made her screen d ...

as Karin * as Jens * Britta Pohland as Suse *

Käbi Laretei Käbi Alma Laretei (14 July 1922 – 31 October 2014) was an Estonian-Swedish concert pianist. Her father Heinrich Laretei was a diplomat in the service of the Republic of Estonia as ambassador to Sweden; when the Soviet Union occupied Eston ...

as Mother

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* 1986 films 1986 romantic drama films Finnish romantic drama films West German films 1980s German-language films German romantic drama films Films set in Finland Films set in the 1930s Films based on German novels 1980s German films 1980s Finnish films {{Finland-film-stub