The Seventh Cross

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📊 Film Specifications

Director Fred Zinnemann
Writer Helen Deutsch (Screenplay), Anna Seghers (Novel)
Release Date July 24, 1944
Runtime 110 min (1h 50m)
Country United States of America
Language EN
Budget $1,300,000
Box Office $3,600,000
Studios Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The Seventh Cross (1944)

Directed by Fred Zinnemann
• Written by Helen Deutsch , Anna Seghers

"His greatest role!"

⭐ 3.4 / 5 (43 votes) ⏱️ 110 min 🎬 Drama, War

Ratings Breakdown:

43 ratings
0.5 Stars 5.0 Stars

Synopsis

In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee he is put to death on a cross. The seventh cross is still empty as George Heisler attempts an escape to freedom in Holland.

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Director Fred Zinnemann
Fred Zinnemann
Director
 Screenplay Helen Deutsch
Helen Deutsch
Screenplay
 Novel Anna Seghers
Anna Seghers
Novel
 Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy
George Heisler
 Signe Hasso
Signe Hasso
Toni
 Hume Cronyn
Hume Cronyn
Paul Roeder
 Jessica Tandy
Jessica Tandy
Liesel Roeder
 Agnes Moorehead
Agnes Moorehead
Madame Marelli
 Herbert Rudley
Herbert Rudley
Franz Marnet
 Felix Bressart
Felix Bressart
Poldi Schlamm
 Ray Collins
Ray Collins
Wallau
 Alexander Granach
Alexander Granach
Zillich
 Katherine Locke
Katherine Locke
Frau Hedy Sauer
 George Macready
George Macready
Bruno Sauer
 Paul Guilfoyle
Paul Guilfoyle
Fiedler