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Escape (1940)

Escape

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1h 38m

Crime, Drama, Musicals, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

October 31st, 1940

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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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Cast

Norma Shearer
Countess 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
Full cast & crew

Directors

Mervyn LeRoy
Full cast & crew

Producers

Mervyn LeRoy
producer
(uncredited)
Lawrence Weingarten
producer
(uncredited)
Full cast & crew

Writers

Arch Oboler
(screen play) and
Marguerite Roberts
screen play
Grace Zaring Stone
novel
(as Ethel Vance)
Full cast & crew

Taglines

Thrilling Book : Magnificent Picture

Keywords

fear
self sacrifice
mother son relationship
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

January 2nd, 1948 (France) (limited)
March 27th, 1941 (Mexico)
April 14th, 1941 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

Escape (original title)
When the Door Opened
Fuga (Brazil)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA (studio)

Running Times

98 min (TCM print)
104 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.37 : 1

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated) (A Mervyn LeRoy Production)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Distribution Companies

Metro Goldwyn Mayer (Mexico)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (United States of America)

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