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The Seventh Cross 1944 Directed by Fred Zinnemann

His greatest role!

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Drama , Thriller , War
Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Budget $1,300,000
Revenue $3,600,000
Release Date 24 July 1944
110 mins
Cast
Spencer Tracy George Heisler
Hume Cronyn Paul Roeder
Jessica Tandy Liesel Roeder
Agnes Moorehead Madame Marelli
Herbert Rudley Franz Marnet
Felix Bressart Poldi Schlamm
Ray Collins Wallau
Katherine Locke Frau Hedy Sauer
George Macready Bruno Sauer
Steven Geray Dr. Loewenstein
Kurt Katch Leo Hermann
Kaaren Verne Leni (as Karen Verne)
Konstantin Shayne Fuellgrabe
John Wengraf Overkamp
George Zucco Fahrenburg
Eily Malyon Fraulein Bachmann
Hugh Beaumont Truck Driver (uncredited)
Charles Arnt Herr Binder (uncredited)
Robert Blake Small Boy (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns Pelzer (uncredited)
William Challee Fischer (uncredited)
Russell Custer Prisoner at Concentration Camp (uncredited)
William Edmunds Aldinger (uncredited)
Frank Hagney Man on Street (uncredited)
Jimmy Hawkins Paul and Liesel Roeder's Son (uncredited)
Leon Tyler Fritz / Hitler Youth (uncredited)
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