“His greatest role!”
The Seventh Cross
6.8
43 votes·1944
·1h 50m
·MovieDramaThrillerWar
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.
Commercial Verdict
Hit
Revenue vs Budget2.8x
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Profitable theatrical release
Keywords
prisoner of waranti-nazi resistanceconcentration camp escapemainz, germanynazi germanyhiding from nazispre world war iiescape from nazi germany
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)
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