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Escape is a 1940 drama film about an American in pre-World War II Nazi Germany who discovers his mother is in a concentration camp and tries desperately to free her. It starred Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Conrad Veidt and Nazimova.
Escape: Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. With Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Conrad Veidt, Alla Nazimova. In 1936, a young man arrives in Hitler's Germany, frantically seeking information about his missing German mother, and finds she is pending execution at a concentration camp.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Mervyn LeRoy
- 1940-11-01
Based on a popular 1939 novel by Ethel Vance, Escape (1940) was one of MGM's first anti-Nazi films. American Mark Preysing (Robert Taylor) goes to Germany to rescue his mother, who had returned to her native country to sell her late husband's estate.
- Mervyn Leroy, George Cukor, Al Shenberg
- Norma Shearer
Escape (1940) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Escape (1940) is a gallant early World War II movie from MGM and director Mervyn Leroy. Robert Taylor is as handsome a leading man gets as he travels to Nazi country to find his mother who is held captive by the swastika people.
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- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Mervyn Leroy
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.
Sep 10, 2012 · Escape. Monday 10 September 2012. Written by GA. Time Out says. Glossy wartime sentiment from MGM, as American widow Shearer turns against her German lover (Veidt in his Hollywood debut) to...