Escape

Escape (1940)

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  • Genre: Drama, Thriller
  • Release Date: 1940-11-01
  • User Rating: 7.4/10 from 14 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 38min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Mervyn LeRoy
star 7.4/10
From 14 Ratings

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Summary

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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  • Norma Shearer

    as Countess Ruby von Treck
  • Robert Taylor

    as Mark Preysing
  • Conrad Veidt

    as General Kurt von Kolb
  • Alla Nazimova

    as Emmy Ritter
  • Felix Bressart

    as Fritz Keller
  • Albert Bassermann

    as Dr. Arthur Henning
  • Philip Dorn

    as Dr. Ditten
  • Edgar Barrier

    as Commissioner
  • Bonita Granville

    as Ursula
  • Elsa Bassermann

    as Mrs. Henning
  • Blanche Yurka

    as Nurse
  • Lisa Golm

    as Anna
  • Edit Angold

    as Ditten's Housekeeper Hilda (uncredited)
  • Walter Bonn

    as Concentration Camp Guard (uncredited)
  • Albert D'Arno

    as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
  • Helmut Dantine

    as Porter (uncredited)
  • Kay Deslys

    as Beer Garden Waitress (uncredited)
  • Ernst Deutsch

    as Baron von Reiber (uncredited)
  • Gretl Dupont

    as Hilda Keller (uncredited)
  • William Edmunds

    as White Swan Inn Waiter (uncredited)
  • Christl Ehlers

    as Student (uncredited)
  • Arno Frey

    as Concentration Camp Commandant (uncredited)
  • Frederick Giermann

    as Porter (uncredited)
  • Hans Joby

    as Second Passport Official (uncredited)
  • Erwin Kalser

    as Hotel Barkeeper (uncredited)
  • Florine McKinney

    as Student (uncredited)
  • Adolph Milar

    as Salesman (uncredited)
  • Marianne Mosner

    as Maria a Student (uncredited)
  • Lotte Palfi Andor

    as Ruby's Maid Julie (uncredited)
  • Maria Ray

    as Baroness von Reiber (uncredited)
  • Henry Rowland

    as Hotel Bellhop (uncredited)
  • Trude Rosen

    as Student (uncredited)
  • Hans Schumm

    as Gestapo Officer with Dark Eyebrows (uncredited)
  • Janet Shaw

    as Greta a Student (uncredited)
  • Anya Taranda

    as Student (uncredited)
  • Henry Victor

    as Gestapo Officer with Hooked Nose (uncredited)
  • Frederick Vogeding

    as First Passport Official (uncredited)
  • Marek Windheim

    as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
  • Fred Wolff

    as Waiter (uncredited)
  • William Yetter Sr.

    as Heinrich (uncredited)
  • Wolfgang Zilzer

    as Pavillion Counter Clerk (uncredited)
  • Howard Lang

    as
  • Hazel Dohlman

    as Concert Guest (uncredited)
Writing Arch Oboler Screenplay
Writing Marguerite Roberts Screenplay
Writing Grace Zaring Stone Novel
Directing Mervyn LeRoy Director
Art Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Adrian Costume Design
Art Jack D. Moore Set Decoration
Production Lawrence Weingarten Producer
Directing Al Shenberg Assistant Director
Sound Franz Waxman Original Music Composer
Production Mervyn LeRoy Producer
Camera Robert H. Planck Director of Photography
Editing George Boemler Editor
Art Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Sydney Guilaroff Hair Designer
Costume & Make-Up Jack Dawn Makeup Designer
Costume & Make-Up Gile Steele Costume Design