Die Flucht

TV Movie
2007
3h

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Maria Furtwängler and Stella Kunkat in Die Flucht (2007)

In 1944 many Germans in Eastern Prussia, like Lena von Mahlenberg, daughter of a local aristocrat, believed that Hitler would surrender and spare them from being invaded by the vengeful Russ... Read allIn 1944 many Germans in Eastern Prussia, like Lena von Mahlenberg, daughter of a local aristocrat, believed that Hitler would surrender and spare them from being invaded by the vengeful Russian Red Army. He didn't and they had to flee.In 1944 many Germans in Eastern Prussia, like Lena von Mahlenberg, daughter of a local aristocrat, believed that Hitler would surrender and spare them from being invaded by the vengeful Russian Red Army. He didn't and they had to flee.

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6.4/10

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- 8 wins & 1 nomination

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Trivia
The drama's first part drew an audience of 11.18 million viewers in Germany, making it the network's most successful movie for the last 10 years.

Goofs
When riding with Magdalena in January 1945 Berthold Count von Mahlenberg quotes Hans von Lehndorf by saying "Never was the light so strong, the sky so high, the distance so powerful". These words however are in the introduction of his book "East Prussian Diary" which was released in 1961.

Connections
Referenced in Neues aus der Anstalt: Jahresabschluss-Therapie (2007)

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9/10

It rings true

All of my family were part Die Flucht and the film captures much of their experience in a fair degree of accuracy. I managed to watch the film with my mother before she died and she felt it was true to the story though because she was in the Poznan, their escape was on train in January 1945.

One of my aunts was on the roads in January 1945 with her parents and grandmother. The were caught by the Soviets. Her father, my grandfather, was shot of out of hand. She said the story was accurate in the portrayal of the events.

The one thing my mother and aunt did not like in the film was the added love story between Maria Furtwangler's character and the French POW. They felt it added nothing to the film was only a pointless distraction