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Escape

Escape1940

★7.598 minDramaThriller

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

Writer

Arch Oboler Marguerite Roberts

Score

Stars

Norma Shearer Robert Taylor Conrad Veidt

Cast43

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
Blanche Yurka
as Nurse
Lisa Golm
as Anna
E
Edit Angold
as Ditten's Housekeeper Hilda (uncredited)
W
Walter Bonn
as Concentration Camp Guard (uncredited)
A
Albert D'Arno
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Helmut Dantine
as Porter (uncredited)
Kay Deslys
as Beer Garden Waitress (uncredited)
Ernst Deutsch
as Baron von Reiber (uncredited)
G
Gretl Dupont
as Hilda Keller (uncredited)
William Edmunds
as White Swan Inn Waiter (uncredited)
Christl Ehlers
as Student (uncredited)
A
Arno Frey
as Concentration Camp Commandant (uncredited)
F
Frederick Giermann
as Porter (uncredited)
H
Hans Joby
as Second Passport Official (uncredited)
Erwin Kalser
as Hotel Barkeeper (uncredited)
Florine McKinney
as Student (uncredited)
Adolph Milar
as Salesman (uncredited)
M
Marianne Mosner
as Maria a Student (uncredited)
L
Lotte Palfi Andor
as Ruby's Maid Julie (uncredited)
M
Maria Ray
as Baroness von Reiber (uncredited)
Henry Rowland
as Hotel Bellhop (uncredited)
T
Trude Rosen
as Student (uncredited)
Hans Schumm
as Gestapo Officer with Dark Eyebrows (uncredited)
Janet Shaw
as Greta a Student (uncredited)
Anya Taranda
as Student (uncredited)
Henry Victor
as Gestapo Officer with Hooked Nose (uncredited)
Frederick Vogeding
as First Passport Official (uncredited)
Marek Windheim
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
F
Fred Wolff
as Waiter (uncredited)
W
William Yetter Sr.
as Heinrich (uncredited)
Wolfgang Zilzer
as Pavillion Counter Clerk (uncredited)
Howard Lang
H
Hazel Dohlman
as Concert Guest (uncredited)

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