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Status
Released
Release
1940
Runtime
1h 38m
"Thrilling Book : Magnificent Picture"
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.
43 Cast Members
Norma Shearer
Countess Ruby von Treck
Robert Taylor
Mark Preysing
Conrad Veidt
General Kurt von Kolb
Alla Nazimova
Emmy Ritter
Felix Bressart
Fritz Keller
Albert Bassermann
Dr. Arthur Henning
Philip Dorn
Dr. Ditten
Edgar Barrier
Commissioner
Bonita Granville
Ursula
Elsa Bassermann
Mrs. Henning
Blanche Yurka
Nurse
Lisa Golm
Anna
Edit Angold
Ditten's Housekeeper Hilda (uncredited)
Walter Bonn
Concentration Camp Guard (uncredited)
Albert D'Arno
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Helmut Dantine
Porter (uncredited)
Kay Deslys
Beer Garden Waitress (uncredited)
Ernst Deutsch
Baron von Reiber (uncredited)
Gretl Dupont
Hilda Keller (uncredited)
William Edmunds
White Swan Inn Waiter (uncredited)