Escape

Escape

98 mins | Drama, Thriller | Nov. 1, 1940

An American goes to 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.

Escape

98 mins | Drama, Thriller | Nov. 1, 1940

Escape
An American goes to 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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Escape
Directors Al Shenberg, Mervyn LeRoy
Writers Grace Zaring Stone, Arch Oboler, Marguerite Roberts

Cast

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

Edit Angold

as Ditten's Housekeeper Hilda (uncredited)

Walter Bonn

as Concentration Camp Guard (uncredited)

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)

Gretl Dupont

as Hilda Keller (uncredited)

William Edmunds

as White Swan Inn Waiter (uncredited)

Christl Ehlers

as Student (uncredited)

Arno Frey

as Concentration Camp Commandant (uncredited)

Frederick Giermann

as Porter (uncredited)

Hans Joby

as Second Passport Official (uncredited)

Erwin Kalser

as Hotel Barkeeper (uncredited)

Florine McKinney

as Student (uncredited)

Adolph Milar

as Salesman (uncredited)

Marianne Mosner

as Maria a Student (uncredited)

Lotte Palfi Andor

as Ruby's Maid Julie (uncredited)

Maria Ray

as Baroness von Reiber (uncredited)

Henry Rowland

as Hotel Bellhop (uncredited)

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)

Fred Wolff

as Waiter (uncredited)

William Yetter Sr.

as Heinrich (uncredited)

Wolfgang Zilzer

as Pavillion Counter Clerk (uncredited)