Escape

1940 film by Mervyn LeRoy
Movie film Q4803890
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Escape

Summary

Escape is a film[1]. Escape ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Escape's image is recorded as Poster - Escape (1940) 01.jpg[3].
  • Escape's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • Escape's director is recorded as Mervyn LeRoy[5].
  • Escape's screenwriter is recorded as Arch Oboler[6].
  • Escape's composer is recorded as Franz Waxman[7].
  • Escape's genre is recorded as drama film[8].
  • Escape's genre is recorded as film based on literature[9].
  • Escape's cast member is recorded as Norma Shearer[10].
  • Escape's cast member is recorded as Robert Taylor[11].
  • Escape's cast member is recorded as Conrad Veidt[12].
  • Escape's cast member is recorded as Alla Nazimova[13].
  • Escape's producer is recorded as Lawrence Weingarten[14].
  • Escape's production company is recorded as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[15].
  • Escape's director of photography is recorded as Robert H. Planck[16].
  • Escape's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0032447[17].
  • Escape's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[18].
  • Escape's color is recorded as black-and-white[19].
  • Escape's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 457987[20].
  • Escape's country of origin is recorded as United States[21].
  • Escape's publication date is recorded as +1940-01-01T00:00:00Z[22].
  • Escape's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03cv6rz[23].
  • Escape's distributed by is recorded as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[24].
  • Escape's narrative location is recorded as Germany[25].
  • Escape's main subject is recorded as World War II[26].
  • Escape's main subject is recorded as Nazi Germany[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Escape's producer is recorded as Lawrence Weingarten[14]. Escape's director is recorded as Mervyn LeRoy[5]. Escape's screenwriter is recorded as Arch Oboler[6]. Cast members include Norma Shearer[10], Robert Taylor[11], Conrad Veidt[12], and Alla Nazimova[13].

Publication

Escape's publication date is recorded as +1940-01-01T00:00:00Z[22]. Escape's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[18]. Genres include drama film[8] and film based on literature[9].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include World War II[26] and Nazi Germany[27].

Why It Matters

Escape ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62 views/month).[2] Escape has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_escape-q4803890_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Escape}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/escape-q4803890}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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