Film
Escape
1940 · 1h 38m · Drama · Thriller
Thrilling Book : Magnificent Picture
- IMDb
- 7.0
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 60%
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Overview
An American goes to pre-war Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed countess he seeks to engineer her escape.
Cast
Norma Shearer
Countess Ruby von Treck
Robert Taylor
Mark Preysing
Conrad Veidt
General Kurt von Kolb
Alla Nazimova
Emmy Ritter
Felix Bressart
Fritz Keller
Albert Bassermann
Dr. Arthur Henning
Philip Dorn
Dr. Ditten
Edgar Barrier
Commissioner
Bonita Granville
Ursula
Elsa Bassermann
Mrs. Henning
Blanche Yurka
Nurse
Lisa Golm
Anna
Edit Angold
Ditten's Housekeeper Hilda (uncredited)
Walter Bonn
Concentration Camp Guard (uncredited)
Albert D'Arno
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Helmut Dantine
Porter (uncredited)
Crew
- Mervyn LeRoyDirector · Producer
- Arch ObolerScreenplay
- Marguerite RobertsScreenplay
- Grace Zaring StoneNovel
- Lawrence WeingartenProducer
- Robert H. PlanckDirector of Photography
- Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer
- George BoemlerEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- November 1, 1940
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
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