Escape
Thrilling Book : Magnificent Picture
1940 · 1h 38m · Approved
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Mervyn LeRoy
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.
Director and cast
- Mervyn LeRoy Director
- 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
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