Escape
Thrilling Book : Magnificent Picture
1940 | 98m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Mervyn LeRoy |
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| Writer: | Marguerite Roberts, Grace Zaring Stone, Arch Oboler |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 01, 1940 |
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| Director: | Mervyn LeRoy |
| Writer: | Marguerite Roberts, Grace Zaring Stone, Arch Oboler |
| Genres: | Drama, Thriller |
| Keywords | germany, world war ii, nazi, concentration camp prisoner, countess, escape, nazi officer, dying mother, expatriate, rescue operation |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Howard Lang | |
| Hazel Dohlman | Concert Guest (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Marguerite Roberts | Screenplay |
| Mervyn LeRoy | Director |
| Robert H. Planck | Director of Photography |
| George Boemler | Editor |
| Jack D. Moore | Set Decoration |
| Grace Zaring Stone | Novel |
| Al Shenberg | Assistant Director |
| Gile Steele | Costume Design |
| Arch Oboler | Screenplay |
| Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Adrian | Costume Design |
| Sydney Guilaroff | Hair Designer |
| Jack Dawn | Makeup Designer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Lawrence Weingarten | Producer |
| Mervyn LeRoy | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 3 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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