Abschied von den Wolken () is a 1959 German aviation adventure film directed by Gottfried Reinhardt, written by Georg Hurdalek, based on a story by Ladislas Fodor. The film stars O. W. Fischer, Peter van Eyck, Sonja Ziemann, Horst Frank, Linda Christian and Paul Dahlke. Abschied von den Wolken was an example of the disaster film, coming soon after the international success of William Wellman's The High and Mighty (1954) where individual stories of passengers and crew were central to the dilemma of an aircraft in trouble. In the film, film historian Bertil Skogsberg described the scenario aboard an airliner: "The passengers are of various nationalities and dispositions: a revolutionary general fleeing his country with most of its cash, an old Nazi, and a Dutch adventurer, to name only a few. There is also a beautiful stewardess (Sonja Ziemann)". When marketed in the United States, the film was renamed Rebel Flight to Cuba. Plot Leaving the island of San Quinto , marked by revolutionary struggles, soldier-of-fortune Peter von Houten barely escapes a firing squad. He is pardoned and is to be deported on a scheduled flight en route from Mexico City to Bermuda. The San Quinto military government, however, forces the airliner down in an unscheduled stop. Inside the aircraft, Captain Pink Roberti and his copilot Richard Marschall are both in love with the stewardess Carla. In a hijacking attempt of the airliner to Caracas, Roberti is shot and van Houten manages to disarm the attackers but the aircraft landing gear is damaged. Ultimately, with the copilot unable to successfully master the approach to Bermuda, van Houten, a former pilot, takes charge. He lands safely after a breakneck approach, bringing in the airliner in a belly landing, saving the lives of passengers, although the aircraft is seriously damaged. The co-pilot dies in the exploding aircraft. Cast O. W. Fischer as Peter van Houten Sonja Ziemann as Carla Peter van Eyck as Pink Roberti Horst Frank as Richard Marshall Christian Wolff as Mischa Gomperz Paul Dahlke as Dr. Quartz Chariklia Baxevanos as Stella Valencias Günter Pfitzmann as Howard Sims Leon Askin as General Cordobas Linda Christian as Countess Colmar Erica Beer as Cecily Sims Cora Roberts as Doris Olga Plüss as François Leclerc Silvia Reinhardt as Eva Roberti Paul Esser as Monsignor Scarpi Martin Berliner as Rabbi Birnbaum Friedrich Schoenfelder as Reverend Wilson Hans W. Hamacher as Joe Werner Stock as