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Escape (1940) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1940 · 98 mins · English
- Directed by
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Starring
- Ernst Deutsch, Helmut Dantine, Felix Bressart, Henry Victor, Bonita Granville, Robert Taylor
An American travels to pre‑World War II Germany in search of his mother, only to find her imprisoned in a concentration camp. He allies with an American‑born widowed countess, and together they devise a daring plan to free her. The story blends suspense with a stark historical setting.
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