Escape (1940)

a.k.a When the Door Opened

An American goes to 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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A very surprisingly tension-filled movie. The desperation of war and the insanity of dealing with impossible life and death situations is expertly revealed through the acting of Robert Taylor, Norma Shearer, and Conrad Veidt. Excellent performances by all.

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