The Seventh Cross (1944)
Overview
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $1,300,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $3,600,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.83 |
Directed By
Fred Zinnemann
Crew
Cedric Gibbons
Karl Freund
James Burbridge
Leonid Vasian
Roy Webb
Horace Hough
Edwin B. Willis
Fred Zinnemann
Helen Deutsch
Anna Seghers
Pandro S. Berman
Thomas Richards
TOP CAST
Spencer Tracy
George Heisler
Signe Hasso
Toni
Hume Cronyn
Paul Roeder
Jessica Tandy
Liesel Roeder
Agnes Moorehead
Madame Marelli
Herbert Rudley
Franz Marnet
Felix Bressart
Poldi Schlamm
Ray Collins
Wallau
Alexander Granach
Zillich
Katherine Locke
Frau Hedy Sauer
George Macready
Bruno Sauer
Paul Guilfoyle
Fiedler
Steven Geray
Dr. Loewenstein
Kurt Katch
Leo Hermann
Kaaren Verne
Leni (as Karen Verne)
Konstantin Shayne
Fuellgrabe
George Suzanne
Bellani
John Wengraf
Overkamp
George Zucco
Fahrenburg
Steven Muller
Hellwig
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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