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Escape (1940 film) Escape. (1940 film) 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. It was adapted from the novel of the same name by Grace Zaring Stone .
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
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Sep 10, 2012 · 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 (Ta
According to the film's pressbook, the name Ethel Vance was a pseudonym used by the real authoress of Escape to protect relatives living in Nazi Germany. Modern sources have confirmed that Vance was the pen name of novelist Grace Zaring Stone, who previously had written The Bitter Tea of General Yen (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1931-40 ; F3.0353).
- 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. Taylor carries himself real well in his role up against the wall of Nazi stubbornness.
Director. Grace Zaring Stone. Novel. Marguerite Roberts. Screenplay. Arch Oboler. Screenplay. 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.
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