Escape (1940)
Original title: Escape
“Thrilling Book : Magnificent Picture”
1940 · 1 h 44 min
Mervyn LeRoyCast
Norma Shearer 
Robert Taylor 
Conrad Veidt 
Alla Nazimova 
Felix Bressart 
Albert Bassermann
Credits
Written by: Arch Oboler
Plot
An American goes to pre-war Germany to rescue his mother from a concentration camp, and a countess helps.
Sinekatalog’s take
Mervyn LeRoy's anti-Nazi thriller, with Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor and Conrad Veidt, is tense and glossy, a stirring propaganda picture.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (1,332 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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