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Escape Me Never is a 1935 British drama film directed by Paul Czinner, produced by Herbert Wilcox, and starring Elisabeth Bergner, Hugh Sinclair and Griffith Jones. The film is an adaptation of the play Escape Me Never by Margaret Kennedy; a later adaptation was the 1947 Warner Bros. version. The score is by William Walton. Bergner was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance, but lost out to Bette Davis. British readers of Film Weekly magazine voted the 1935 Best Performance category in a British movie to her.
Original Release
04/01/1935
US Release
05/24/1935
Cast
Name | Character |
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Elisabeth Bergner | Gemma Jones |
Hugh Sinclair | Sebastian Sanger |
Griffith Jones | Caryl Sanger |
Leon Quartermaine | Sir Ivor McClean |
Irene Vanbrugh | Lady Helen McClean |
Penelope Dudley-Ward | Fenella McClean |
Lyn Harding | Herr Heinrich |
Rosalinde Fuller | Teremtcherva |
Bruno Barnabe | Undetermined role |
Dora Barton | Undetermined role |
Directors
Writers
Margaret Kennedy, Robert Cullen, Carl Zuckermann
Cast
Name | Character |
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Elisabeth Bergner | Gemma Jones |
Hugh Sinclair | Sebastian Sanger |
Griffith Jones | Caryl Sanger |
Leon Quartermaine | Sir Ivor McClean |
Irene Vanbrugh | Lady Helen McClean |
Penelope Dudley-Ward | Fenella McClean |
Lyn Harding | Herr Heinrich |
Rosalinde Fuller | Teremtcherva |
Bruno Barnabe | Undetermined role |
Dora Barton | Undetermined role |
John Boxer | Undetermined role |
Lewis Broughton | Undetermined role |
Edgar K. Bruce | Undetermined role |
Nina Bucknall | Undetermined role |
Gilbert Davis | Undetermined role |
Margot Fonteyn | Dancer in chorus |
Sybil Grove | Undetermined role |
Lawrence Hanray | Undetermined role |
Victor Rietti | Italian Grocer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Dallas Bower | Producer |
Herbert Wilcox | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1936 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |