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Escape

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Calorie Rating: 138
Released: 1940-11-01
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 98 Minutes
Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,


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.

Director / Directors

Al Shenberg
Assistant Director


Cast

Norma Shearer
Character: Countess Ruby von Treck
Robert Taylor
Character: Mark Preysing
Conrad Veidt
Character: General Kurt von Kolb

Alla Nazimova
Character: Emmy Ritter
Felix Bressart
Character: Fritz Keller
Albert Bassermann
Character: Dr. Arthur Henning

Philip Dorn
Character: Dr. Ditten
Edgar Barrier
Character: Commissioner
Bonita Granville
Character: Ursula

Elsa Bassermann
Character: Mrs. Henning
Blanche Yurka
Character: Nurse
Lisa Golm
Character: Anna

Edit Angold
Character: Ditten's Housekeeper Hilda (uncredited)
Walter Bonn
Character: Concentration Camp Guard (uncredited)
Albert D'Arno
Character: Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Helmut Dantine
Character: Porter (uncredited)
Kay Deslys
Character: Beer Garden Waitress (uncredited)
Ernst Deutsch
Character: Baron von Reiber (uncredited)

Gretl Dupont
Character: Hilda Keller (uncredited)
William Edmunds
Character: White Swan Inn Waiter (uncredited)
Christl Ehlers
Character: Student (uncredited)

Arno Frey
Character: Concentration Camp Commandant (uncredited)
Frederick Giermann
Character: Porter (uncredited)
Hans Joby
Character: Second Passport Official (uncredited)

Erwin Kalser
Character: Hotel Barkeeper (uncredited)
Florine McKinney
Character: Student (uncredited)
Adolph Milar
Character: Salesman (uncredited)

Marianne Mosner
Character: Maria a Student (uncredited)
Lotte Palfi Andor
Character: Ruby's Maid Julie (uncredited)
Maria Ray
Character: Baroness von Reiber (uncredited)

Henry Rowland
Character: Hotel Bellhop (uncredited)
Trude Rosen
Character: Student (uncredited)
Hans Schumm
Character: Gestapo Officer with Dark Eyebrows (uncredited)

Janet Shaw
Character: Greta a Student (uncredited)
Anya Taranda
Character: Student (uncredited)
Henry Victor
Character: Gestapo Officer with Hooked Nose (uncredited)

Frederick Vogeding
Character: First Passport Official (uncredited)
Marek Windheim
Character: Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Fred Wolff
Character: Waiter (uncredited)

William Yetter Sr.
Character: Heinrich (uncredited)
Wolfgang Zilzer
Character: Pavillion Counter Clerk (uncredited)

Hazel Dohlman
Character: Concert Guest (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Arch Oboler
Screenplay

Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer

Robert H. Planck
Director of Photography
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction

Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Jack D. Moore
Set Decoration
Adrian
Costume Design

Gile Steele
Costume Design
Sydney Guilaroff
Hair Designer
Jack Dawn
Makeup Designer