Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes60%
16 audience votes
Key crew
- Arch ObolerScreenplay
- Marguerite RobertsScreenplay
- Mervyn LeRoyDirector
- Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Norma ShearerCountess Ruby von Treck
- Robert TaylorMark Preysing
- Conrad VeidtGeneral Kurt von Kolb
- Alla NazimovaEmmy Ritter
- Felix BressartFritz Keller
- Albert BassermannDr. Arthur Henning
- Philip DornDr. Ditten
- Edgar BarrierCommissioner
- Bonita GranvilleUrsula
- Elsa BassermannMrs. Henning
- Blanche YurkaNurse
- Lisa GolmAnna
Stills
Themes
naziescapegermanyworld war iiconcentration camp prisonernazi officercountessdying motherexpatriaterescue operation