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Escape from Germany(2024)

PG
1h 37m

Release Date: Apr 12, 2024 | Limited

1939, Hitler's army was closing borders, and eighty-five American missionaries were in Germany serving their church. The escape of these missionaries from Nazi Germany is one of the most dramatic events to occur in modern church history.

Official Website

Note: Distributed by Susan Tuckett Media

Releases

Original Release | Apr 12, 2024

Box Office

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$168,019
Total US & Canada:
$2,616,475
Total Worldwide:
$2,616,475

Director & Top Cast

T.C. Christensen
Director

Sebastian Barr
Elder Anderson

Joseph Batzel
Brother Lutz

Ischa Bee
Ilse Brunger

Pamela Beheshti
Secretary to the Consul

Joel Bishop
Military Police Captain

Ethan Carr

Mustache Nazi

Adam Colvin

President Mark Garff

Zechariah Combs

Elder Howell

David DeDen

Gestapo Shooter

Chase Elwood

Elder Duersch

Henning Fischer

Gestapo

Mary Hailstone

Actor

Scarlett Hazen

Carol Wood

Barta Heiner

German Woman on Train

Landon Henneman

Elder Barnes

Kevin Kirschenmann

President Biehl

Dirk Kossin

Train Conductor

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Summaries

Plot Summary

Escape from Germany is the true recounting of a miraculous yet unsung WWII event. Hitler's army was rapidly closing borders in August of 1939 while eighty-five American missionaries were serving their church inside Germany. As the German military preparations escalated, word came to speedily move those LDS missionaries to safety in adjacent countries. Taken from the personal diaries of those missionaries, this riveting story is a testimony that God truly leads and protects His servants, opens doors, and provides timely inspiration. The harrowing escape of these missionaries from Nazi Germany as World War II started is one of the most remarkable but little-known events in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.In the fall of 1939 President Heber J. Grant sent a message to the Missions in Germany, THE WAR IS GOING TO START IN 3 DAYS. GET OUR MISSIONARIES OUT OF GERMANY. This film tells the story of getting them out. It wasn't easy. It took much effort and many miracles to make it happen. The last missionary got out and into Denmark on Thursday, August 31. The next morning Germany invaded Poland and the war began, trapping many inside German borders.Director T.C. Christensen's films often share a theme of arriving home safely. Against all odds, without the ability to communicate and without funds for assistance, and prior to the United States government having any knowledge of the urgency of the developing level of danger in the situation, help is miraculously sent to every missionary whose safety was in question.

Storyline

Based on the novel "mine angels around about". In the summer of 1939, as Hitler's army was closing borders, eighty-five American missionaries were in Germany serving their church. Written from their personal journals, this is a quiet testimony that God really does go before His servants, opens effectual doors and sends His angels round about to bear them up. The escape of these missionaries from Nazi Germany is one of the most dramatic events to occur in modern church history.

Headlines

New T.C. Christensen movie climbs to No. 11 at the domestic box office

Yahoo! Entertainment
17-Apr-2024