None Shall Escape
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| None Shall Escape | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | André De Toth |
| Produced by | Samuel Bischoff |
| Written by | Lester Cole, Alfred Neumann |
| Starring | Marsha Hunt, Alexander Knox, Henry Travers |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | February 3, 1944 |
| Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
None Shall Escape is a 1944 war film. Even though the film was made during World War II, the setting is a post war Nuremberg style war crimes trial. Wilhelm Grimm (Alexander Knox) plays a Nazi officer who is on trial, and the story unfolds through the eyes of several witnesses, including a Catholic priest, Father Warecki (Henry Travers), Grimm's brother Karl (Erik Rolf), and Marja Paeierkowski (Marsha Hunt), a woman that he was once engaged to.
In the trial, it is revealed that Grimm, who fought on the German side in World War I and lost a leg in battle, comes to a small Polish village after WWI to be a teacher. He meets and becomes engaged to Paeierkowski, but he is still bitter about Germany losing the war. He treats the villagers with disdain, including his students, and soon his marriage is canceled. He then returns to Germany after borrowing money from the Priest, joins the Nazi Party, and rises through the ranks of the party. When the Nazis come to power, he even sends his brother Karl to a concentration camp and turns his brother's son towards the Hitler Youth. When WWII starts, he becomes the commander of the occupying force in Poland of the same village where he previously lived, and treats them brutally, including Father Warecki and his former fiancée.
The film was nominated for an Academy Award in 1944 for Best Story.
