None Shall Escape
The career of a German officer shown as flashbacks from his trial as a war criminal.
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"Never viewed this film until recently on TCM and found this story concerning Poland and a small town which had to suffer with the Nazi occupation of the local towns just like many other European Cities for example: Norway. The First World War was over and people in this town were still suffering from their lost soldiers and the wounded which War always creates. Alexander Knox, ( Wilhelm Gimm)"Gorky Park" returns from the war with a lost leg and was the former school teacher in town. He was brought up a German and was not very happy with the Polish people and they in turn did not full..."
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Director De Toth was doing only his second feature for Columbia with "None Shall Escape" and the studio wanted him to use Paul Lukas, who had recently enjoyed a great success in a similar role with Watch on the Rhine (1943). De Toth wanted a lesser-known star and campaigned for Alexander Knox, whom he had seen on Broadway in Chekhov's "Three Sisters." When Knox was hired and was told who was directing, he objected that De Toth was unknown and insisted on Lewis Milestone. Harry Cohn reportedly berated Knox for his selfishness and ingratitude. According to De Toth, he and Knox ended up as friends, and worked together on subsequent films.
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The career of a German officer shown as flashbacks from his trial as a war criminal.