Flight from Vienna (1955)
Directed by Denis Kavanagh
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
A man seeking asylum takes desperate actions to prove his sincerity in this drama. The man is an important Hungarian official trying to defect to England. The British are unsure of his true loyalties and ask him to prove his loyalty to them by returning to his home and smuggling out a scientist who also wants to leave. The official does so and returns to England with the scientist. Someone then tries to kill him. He is saved and finally granted asylum.
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war, assassination, asylum [mental hospital], Britain, Cold-War, committed-relationship, danger, defector, espionage, fidelity, government, Hungary, mission [quest], official, political-asylum, rescue, scientist, undercover
