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Escape(1940)
Status: Released
Date: 1940-11-01
74%
15 Votes
Time: 1h 38m
Thrilling Book : Magnificent Picture
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Escape
Top 10 Billed Cast
Norma Shearer
Countess Ruby von Treck
Robert Taylor
Mark Preysing
Conrad Veidt
General Kurt von Kolb
Alla Nazimova
Emmy Ritter
Felix Bressart
Fritz Keller
Albert Bassermann
Dr. Arthur Henning
Philip Dorn
Dr. Ditten
Edgar Barrier
Commissioner
Bonita Granville
Ursula
Elsa Bassermann
Mrs. Henning
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