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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
Escape - (Original Trailer) A Nazi officer's mistress helps an American free his mother from a concentration camp in Escape (1940) starring Norma Shearer. Film Details Genre
- Mervyn Leroy, George Cukor, Al Shenberg
- Norma Shearer
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
Escape (1940) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Sep 10, 2012 · Discover the best of the city, first. Glossy wartime sentiment from MGM, as American widow Shearer turns against her German lover (Veidt in his Hollywood debut) to help a young compatriot artist...
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.