Escape Me Never

1935

1h 32m

Drama

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6 Reviews

14%

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50+ Ratings

A struggling composer (Hugh Sinclair) marries an unwed mother (Elisabeth Bergner) out of compassion for her, but he is unfaithful to her with his brother's (Griffith Jones) wife (Penelope Dudley Ward), the woman he actually loves.

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Variety Staff

Variety

A well-produced film transcription of a story of moods and morbidity.

Feb 23, 2012

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Pare Lorentz

McCall's

You never would want to see the picture more than once, but there are very few Bergners in the world and, lacking any other immediate opportunity to see her... you will find Escape Me Never an important, if typical, star movie.

Oct 30, 2023

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Forsyth Hardy

Cinema Quarterly

The camera does its work of photographing Bergner smoothly, sensitively and unobtrusively and Paul Czinner in his direction reveals that mastery over mood which made Der Traumende Mund memorable.

Feb 4, 2021

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Ann Ross

Maclean's Magazine

Elizabeth Bergner as the waiflike Gemma Jones, gives the finest screen performance of the year. Highly recommended.

Jul 22, 2019

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Helen Brown Norden

Vanity Fair

It is due to the bright magic of Elisabeth Bergner that the film assumes importance.

Jun 12, 2019

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

The great stage actress Elisabeth Bergner received an Oscar nomination for this melodrama, in which she plays an unwed mother.

Rated: B-

Jul 2, 2011

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Audience Member

I had never heard of "Escape Me Never" before I happened to read about it in a list of movies from 1935. I had also never heard of the director or any of the cast members. By the end, I couldn't tell what the purpose was. I don't know whether it was supposed to be a romanticization of old-money gentry or a typical rom-com. Either way, it didn't do anything for me. There's a reason why it didn't win its Oscar nomination. Very dated movie.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

just ok version of this-there are 2 versions

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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steve d

Its all been done before and better.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

I love this movie because it makes you feel right along with the characters in it. I think it's neat that Ida Lupino did more than just act-- she became a director and a producer, and in those days that was pretty uncommon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Paul Czinner

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Elisabeth Bergner

Gemma Jones

Hugh Sinclair

Sebastian Sanger

Griffith Jones

Caryl Sanger

Penelope Dudley-Ward

Fenella McClean

Irene Vanbrugh

Lady Helen McClean

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Synopsis

A struggling composer (Hugh Sinclair) marries an unwed mother (Elisabeth Bergner) out of compassion for her, but he is unfaithful to her with his brother's (Griffith Jones) wife (Penelope Dudley Ward), the woman he actually loves.

Director: Paul Czinner
Producer: Herbert Wilcox
Screenwriter: Robert Cullen, Carl Zuckerman
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 32m