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The Seventh Cross (1944)

His greatest role!

Genre : Drama, Thriller, War

Runtime : 1H 50M

Director : Fred Zinnemann
Writer : Helen Deutsch

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 seeks freedom in Holland.

Actors

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
Steven Geray
Steven Geray
Dr. Loewenstein
Kurt Katch
Kurt Katch
Leo Hermann
Kaaren Verne
Kaaren Verne
Leni (as Karen Verne)
Konstantin Shayne
Konstantin Shayne
Fuellgrabe
George Suzanne
George Suzanne
Bellani
John Wengraf
John Wengraf
Overkamp
George Zucco
George Zucco
Fahrenburg
Steven Muller
Steven Muller
Hellwig
Eily Malyon
Eily Malyon
Fraulein Bachmann
Hugh Beaumont
Hugh Beaumont
Truck Driver (uncredited)

Crews

Fred Zinnemann
Fred Zinnemann
Director
Helen Deutsch
Helen Deutsch
Screenplay
Anna Seghers
Anna Seghers
Novel
Pandro S. Berman
Pandro S. Berman
Producer
Thomas Richards
Thomas Richards
Editor
Karl Freund
Karl Freund
Director of Photography
Roy Webb
Roy Webb
Original Music Composer
Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Leonid Vasian
Leonid Vasian
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Horace Hough
Horace Hough
Assistant Director
James Burbridge
James Burbridge
Sound

Trailers and other movies

Joe Dante on The Seventh Cross
The Seventh Cross (Original Theatrical Trailer)

Posters and backgrounds

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