Escape (1940)1938: A young man arrives in Hitler's Germany, frantically seeking information about his German mother, and finds she is pending execution at a concentration camp. Director:Mervyn LeRoy |
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Escape (1940)1938: A young man arrives in Hitler's Germany, frantically seeking information about his German mother, and finds she is pending execution at a concentration camp. Director:Mervyn LeRoy |
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Countess von Treck
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| Robert Taylor | ... |
Mark Preysing
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| Conrad Veidt | ... |
General Kurt von Kolb
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| Alla Nazimova | ... |
Emmy Ritter
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Felix Bressart | ... |
Fritz Keller
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Albert Bassermann | ... |
Dr. Arthur Henning
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Philip Dorn | ... |
Dr. Ditten
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Edgar Barrier | ... |
Commissioner
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| Bonita Granville | ... |
Ursula
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Elsa Bassermann | ... |
Mrs. Henning
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Blanche Yurka | ... |
Nurse
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Lisa Golm | ... |
Anna
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An American goes to Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of a German countess he engineers her escape. Written by Herman Seifer <alagain@aol.com>
Imagine! Returning to the country of yourself birth and finding yourself convicted of treason, then condemned to death, and for the sole crime of selling your old family home. Thus begins the nightmare one woman is plunged into in 1936 Nazi Germany, and is the setting for her son's desperate attempt to free and get her to safety. Robert Taylor plays the American-born son who goes to Germany to find out what has happened to his missing mother.
Feel his shock and incredulity when he learns of his mother's impending execution. See his mounting desperation and frustration as his inquiries are met with fearful denials from the very people who were once his mother's friends and neighbors.
To who can this lone American turn to for help? You will find yourself on the edge of your seat as you watch the unfolding horror, the near misses, the turning of fate. Better yet, read the novel this movie is based on.