Escape

1940

NR

1h 38m

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7.4/10
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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.

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Writers

Arch Oboler(screenplay by)
Marguerite Roberts(screenplay by)
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Norma Shearer
Countess Ruby von Treck
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Robert Taylor
Mark Preysing
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Conrad Veidt
General Kurt von Kolb
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Alla Nazimova
Emmy Ritter
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Felix Bressart
Fritz Keller
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Albert Bassermann
Dr. Arthur Henning
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Philip Dorn
Dr. Ditten
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Edgar Barrier
Commissioner
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Elsa Bassermann
Mrs. Henning
Edit Angold
Ditten's Housekeeper Hilda (uncredited)
Walter Bonn
Concentration Camp Guard (uncredited)
Albert D'Arno
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
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Helmut Dantine
Porter (uncredited)
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Kay Deslys
Beer Garden Waitress (uncredited)
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Ernst Deutsch
Baron von Reiber (uncredited)

Directors

Writers

Arch Oboler(screenplay by)
Marguerite Roberts(screenplay by)

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Release date

November 1, 1940 (United States)

Country of origin

United States of America

Language

English

Production company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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