# Flight North

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{{short description|1986 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Flight North
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| director       = {{ill|Ingemo Engström|de}}
| producer       = Ingemo Engström
| writer         = {{ubl|[Klaus Mann](/source/Klaus_Mann) (novel: ''Journey into Freedom'')|Ingemo Engström (screenplay)}}
| starring       = [Katharina Thalbach](/source/Katharina_Thalbach)
| cinematography = Axel Block
| editing        = Thomas Balkenhol
| distributor    = 
| released       = {{Film date|1986|02|df=yes}}
| runtime        = 117 minutes
| country        = {{ubl|West Germany|Finland}}
| language       = Finnish
}}

'''''Flight North''''' ({{langx|de|'''Flucht in den Norden'''}}, {{langx|fi|'''Pako pohjoiseen'''}}) is a 1986 West German-Finnish [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by {{ill|Ingemo Engström|de}}. It was entered into the [36th Berlin International Film Festival](/source/36th_Berlin_International_Film_Festival).<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1986/02_programm_1986/02_Programm_1986.html |title=Berlinale: 1986 Programme |accessdate=16 January 2011 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref>

== Premise ==
A film adaptation of [Klaus Mann's](/source/Klaus_Mann) novel follows a woman's escape from Nazi Germany to Finland in search of safety and freedom.

==Cast==
* [Katharina Thalbach](/source/Katharina_Thalbach) as Johanna
* {{ill|Jukka-Pekka Palo|fi}} as Ragnar
* [Lena Olin](/source/Lena_Olin) as Karin
* {{ill|Tom Pöysti|fi}} as Jens
* [Britta Pohland](/source/Britta_Pohland) as Suse
* [Käbi Laretei](/source/K%C3%A4bi_Laretei) as Mother

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0089158|title=Flight North}}

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Category:1986 films
Category:1986 romantic drama films
Category:Finnish romantic drama films
Category:West German films
Category:1986 German-language films
Category:German romantic drama films
Category:Films set in Finland
Category:Films set in the 1930s
Category:Films shot in Oulu
Category:Films based on German novels
Category:1986 German films
Category:1980s Finnish films

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