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The Seventh Cross (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.

Directed by Fred Zinnemann

Writing credits: Helen Deutsch, Anna Seghers, Das siebte Kreuz

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 ....  Mrs. Sauer
George Macready ....  Bruno Sauer
Paul Guilfoyle ....  Fiedler
Steven Geray ....  Dr. Loewenstein
Kurt Katch ....  Leo Hermann
Kaaren Verne ....  Leni
Konstantin Shayne ....  Fuellgrabe
George Suzanne ....  Bellani
John Wengraf ....  Overkamp
George Zucco ....  Fahrenburg
Steven Muller ....  Hellwig
Eily Malyon ....  Fräulein Bachmann
Charles Arnt ....  Herr Binder
Hugh Beaumont ....  Truck Driver
Martin Berliner ....  Beutler
Margaret Bert ....  Woman on street
Robert Blake ....  Small Boy
Egon Brecher ....  Sexton
Paul E. Burns ....  Pelzer
Bill Cartledge ....  Boy at fountain
William Challee ....  Fischer
Ludwig Donath ....  Wilhelm Reinhardt
Margaret Fealy ....  Old woman in church
Hans Fuerberg ....  S.A. Guard
Frederick Giermann ....  Inspector
Connie Gilchrist ....  Frau Binder
Lisa Golm ....  Frau Hinkel
Frank Hagney ....  Man on street
Jimmy Hawkins ....  Paul & Liesel Roeder's son
Hans Herbert ....  Schoolmaster
Hallene Hill ....  Frau Kaupfen
Eilene Janssen ....  Girl in orchard
Frank Jaquet ....  Herr Schmitt
Jerry Jerome ....  Man in curduroy coat
iny Jones ....  Townswoman
Nolan Leary ....  Factory workman
Mitchell Lewis ....  Prisoner at concentration camp
Adolf E. Licho
George Magrill ....  Guard at concentration camp
Fee Malten ....  Elsa Hermann
John C. McCallum ....  Bit Role
Charles McGraw ....  Allbright
Victor Metzetti ....  Man on street
Norbert Muller ....  Max Anders
Fred Nurney ....  Gestapo
Larry Olsen ....  Ludi Roeder
Gigi Perreau ....  Annie Roeder
John Piffle ....  Innkeeper
Otto Reichow ....  Gestapo
Lionel Royce ....  Karl Anders
Earl Schenck ....  Prisoner at concentration camp
Irene Seidner ....  Mrs. Grosser
Lotte Stein ....  Frau Schmitt
Buddy Swan ....  Boy
William Tannen ....  Guard
Helen Thimig ....  Mrs. Anders
Leon Tyler ....  Fritz/Hitler youth
John Van Eyck ....  S.A. Man
Nicholas Vehr ....  S.A. Guard
Hans von Morhart ....  Gestapo
Helene Weigel ....  Janitress
Gisela Werbisek ....  Old woman
Joe Yule ....  Prisoner at Concentration Camp

Produced by Pandro S. Berman
Edwin H. Knopf ....  producer
Original Music by Roy Webb
Cinematography by Karl Freund
Film Editing by Thomas Richards
Art Direction by Cedric Gibbons, Leonid Vasian
Set Decoration by Edwin B. Willis
Costume Design by Irene
Makeup Department Jack Dawn ....  makeup designer
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Horace Hough ....  assistant director
Andrew Marton ....  second unit director
Art Department Marc Alper ....  associate
Sound Department James Burbridge ....  sound
Douglas Shearer ....  recording director
Stunts Herbert Holcombe ....  stunts
George Suzanne ....  stunts
Other crew:
Felix Bernstein ....  technical advisor
Maurice De Packh ....  orchestrator
Arthur Morton ....  orchestrator
Ray Thomas ....  stand-in: Spencer Tracy

Also Known As:The Seven Crosses
Runtime: 110 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification: Australia:PG / Finland:K-16 / Sweden:15

Awards: Nominated for Oscar.

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