Escape (1940)
1h 38m
Running Time
November 1, 1940Release Date
Escape (1940)
1h 38m
Running Time
November 1, 1940Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.
SubsCurrently Escape is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: TCM
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
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)
Kay Deslys
Beer Garden Waitress (uncredited)
Ernst Deutsch
Baron von Reiber (uncredited)
Gretl Dupont
Hilda Keller (uncredited)
William Edmunds
White Swan Inn Waiter (uncredited)
Christl Ehlers
Student (uncredited)
Arno Frey
Concentration Camp Commandant (uncredited)
Frederick Giermann
Porter (uncredited)
Hans Joby
Second Passport Official (uncredited)
Erwin Kalser
Hotel Barkeeper (uncredited)
Florine McKinney
Student (uncredited)
Adolph Milar
Salesman (uncredited)
Marianne Mosner
Maria a Student (uncredited)
Lotte Palfi Andor
Ruby's Maid Julie (uncredited)
Maria Ray
Baroness von Reiber (uncredited)
Henry Rowland
Hotel Bellhop (uncredited)
Trude Rosen
Student (uncredited)
Hans Schumm
Gestapo Officer with Dark Eyebrows (uncredited)
Janet Shaw
Greta a Student (uncredited)
Anya Taranda
Student (uncredited)
Henry Victor
Gestapo Officer with Hooked Nose (uncredited)
Frederick Vogeding
First Passport Official (uncredited)
Marek Windheim
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Fred Wolff
Waiter (uncredited)
William Yetter Sr.
Heinrich (uncredited)
Wolfgang Zilzer
Pavillion Counter Clerk (uncredited)
Hazel Dohlman
Concert Guest (uncredited)
Arch Oboler
Screenplay
Mervyn LeRoy
Director / Producer
Marguerite Roberts
Screenplay
Grace Zaring Stone
Novel
Lawrence Weingarten
Producer
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 1, 1940
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Escape is a 1940 drama film about an American in pre-World War II Nazi Germany who discovers his mother is in a concentration camp and tries desperately to free her. It starred Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Conrad Veidt and Nazimova. It was adapted from the novel of the same name by Grace Zaring Stone.
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