Escape (1940)

7.5/10 98 min Drama Thriller

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

Helmut Dantine

Porter (uncredited)

Kay Deslys

Beer Garden Waitress (uncredited)

Ernst Deutsch

Baron von Reiber (uncredited)

William Edmunds

White Swan Inn Waiter (uncredited)

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