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The Seventh Cross
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1944 film by Fred Zinnemann, Andrew Marton
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6.8In 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.
Released: 1944-07-24110 minDir: Fred ZinnemannDrama, Thriller, WarBudget: $1.3MBox office: $3.6M
Cast
- Spencer Tracy as George Heisler
- Signe Hasso as Toni
- Hume Cronyn as Paul Roeder
- Jessica Tandy as Liesel Roeder
- Agnes Moorehead as Madame Marelli
- Herbert Rudley as Franz Marnet
Themes
- prisoner of war
- anti-nazi resistance
- concentration camp escape
- mainz, germany
- nazi germany
- hiding from nazis
- pre world war ii
- escape from nazi germany
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- capital punishment
- Director
- Fred Zinnemann
- Screenwriter
- Helen Deutsch
- Cast member
- William Edmunds
- Composer
- Roy Webb
- Producer
- Pandro S. Berman
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Karl Freund
- Narrative location
- Germany
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 731124
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- publication date
- 1944-01-01
- film editor
- Thomas Richards
- title
- The Seventh Cross
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- production designer
- Cedric Gibbons
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- costume designer
- Irene Lentz
- review score
- 100%
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