The Seventh Cross

The Seventh Cross

110 mins | Drama, Thriller, War | July 24, 1944

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.

The Seventh Cross

110 mins | Drama, Thriller, War | July 24, 1944

The Seventh Cross
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Seventh Cross
Directors Horace Hough, Fred Zinnemann
Writers Anna Seghers, Helen Deutsch

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

Felix Bressart

as Poldi Schlamm

Ray Collins

as Wallau

Alexander Granach

as Zillich

Katherine Locke

as Frau Hedy Sauer

George Macready

as Bruno Sauer

Paul Guilfoyle

as Fiedler

Steven Geray

as Dr. Loewenstein

Kurt Katch

as Leo Hermann

Kaaren Verne

as Leni (as Karen Verne)

Konstantin Shayne

as Fuellgrabe

George Suzanne

as Bellani

John Wengraf

as Overkamp

George Zucco

as Fahrenburg

Steven Muller

as Hellwig

Eily Malyon

as Fraulein Bachmann

Hugh Beaumont

as Truck Driver (uncredited)