Escape from Germany
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| Directed by | T. C. Christensen |
| Written by | T. C. Christensen |
| Based on | Mine Angels Round About by Terry Bohle Montague (2000) |
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Production company | Remember Films |
| Distributed by | Susan Tuckett Media |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | under $1 million[1] |
| Box office | $2,610,405[2][3] |
Escape from Germany is a 2024 American historical drama film written and directed by T. C. Christensen.
Escape from Germany was released in the United States on 11 April 2024.[2]
Premise
[edit]In August 1939, 79 American missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints get stranded inside Nazi Germany on the eve of outbreak of WWII and must escape to neighboring countries while Hitler’s army is closing German borders.
Cast
[edit]- Paul Wuthrich as Elder Norman Seibold (1915-2003) who was tasked with locating the scattered missionaries and evacuating them from Germany
- David McConnell as (West German Mission) President M. Douglas Wood
- Whitney Palmer as Evelyn Wood, mission president's wife
- Scarlett Hazen as Carol Wood, daughter
- Sebastian Barr as Elder Anderson, missionary
- Landon Henneman as Elder Barnes, missionary
- Deveney Reber as Sister Erma Rosenhan, missionary
- Kevin Kirschenmann as President Biehl
- Henning Fischer as Gestapo officer
Production
[edit]According to the film's closing credits and as stated in the magazine LDS Living, most of the extras in Escape from Germany were actual descendants of the real-life escaping missionaries.[1]
With the film's budget being under $1 million, some of the funding needed for its making came from a private investor in Dallas who was also a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[1]
Principal photography took place in Utah and Budapest.[1]
Release
[edit]The film was released in select cinemas in the United States on 11 April 2024 by Susan Tuckett Media.[2]
Reception
[edit]Box office
[edit]Escape from Germany grossed $168,100 during its opening weekend in the United States.[2] As of 4 September 2024[update], it made the total of $2.6 million.[3]
Critical response
[edit]Christie Cronan wrote in her positive review for Common Sense Media: "While Escape from Germany could easily be labeled as propaganda for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with its heavy-handed faith-based dialogue and missionary characters, it's also a WWII film without brutal war violence."[4]
Sean P. Means of The Movie Cricket criticised the film: "Christensen’s habit of turning every plot turn into a Sunday school lesson is on display here — with every twist of fate or fortunate coincidence taken as a sign of God’s hand. Miracles are good for sermons, but they make for unsubtle screenwriting."[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Read 3 miracles behind the film about missionaries' daring WWII escape". LDS Living. Deseret Book Company. 9 April 2024. Archived from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Escape From Germany (2024)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Escape from Germany (2024)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Parents' Guide to Escape from Germany". Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "Review: 'Escape From Germany' finds faith-supporting lessons in a story of Latter-day Saint missionaries far from home at the brink of war". 11 April 2024. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
External links
[edit]- Escape from Germany (2024), official website
- Escape from Germany at IMDb
- Escape from Germany at Rotten Tomatoes
- Escape from Germany at Metacritic
