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Vinony's link graph records 112 inbound references to Escape, and connects out to United States, World War II and Nazi Germany.
It is catalogued under topics including 1940 American films, 1940 drama films and 1940 English-language films.
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Film · TMDB
7.5An 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.
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
Themes
- nazi
- escape
- germany
- world war ii
- concentration camp prisoner
- nazi officer
- countess
- dying mother
- expatriate
- rescue operation
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Nazi Germany
- Director
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Screenwriter
- Arch Oboler
- Cast member
- Alla Nazimova
- Composer
- Franz Waxman
- Producer
- Lawrence Weingarten
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Robert H. Planck
- Narrative location
- Germany
- Duration
- 102
- FilmAffinity ID
- 457987
- Image
- Poster - Escape (1940) 01.jpg
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- publication date
- 1940-01-01
- title
- Escape
- color
- black-and-white
- costume designer
- Adrian
- production designer
- Cedric Gibbons
- distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Article · Deutsch
Escape ist ein US-amerikanischer Spielfilm aus dem Jahr 1940 mit Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor und Conrad Veidt unter der Regie von Mervyn LeRoy. Als eine der ersten Großproduktionen zeichnet der Film ein kritisches Bild über die politischen und gesellschaftlichen Zustände in Deutschland. Der Film basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Bestseller von Grace Zaring Stone, die ihr Werk unter dem Pseudonym Ethel Vance veröffentlicht.
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