The Seventh Cross ( The Seven Crosses ) ( The 7th Cross )

The Seventh Cross (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Seven Crosses
Alternate Title: The 7th Cross
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
Spanish ( Mono )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
52 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1944 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Fred Zinnemann

Written By:
Anna Seghers
Helen Deutsch

Actors:
Spencer Tracy ..... George Heisler
Signe Hasso ..... Antonia aka Toni
Hume Cronyn ..... Paul Roeder
Jessica Tandy ..... Liesel Roeder
Agnes Moorehead ..... Mme. Marelli
Herbert Rudley ..... Franz Marnet
Felix Bressart ..... Poldi Schlamm
Ray Collins ..... Ernst Wallau
Alexander Granach ..... Zillich
Katherine Locke ..... Frau Hedy Sauer
George Macready ..... Bruno Sauer
Paul Guilfoyle ..... Fiedler
Steven Geray ..... Dr. Löwenstein
Kurt Katch ..... Leo Hermann
Kaaren Verne ..... Leni

Synopsis:

Fred Zinnemann directed this World War II drama, considered one of the best anti-Nazi dramas produced by Hollywood during the war years. The story concerns seven prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp who manage to elude the guards and the Gestapo. The commandant, in a rage over their escape, nails crosses to seven trees, planning to crucify each of the prisoners as they are captured. Gradually six of the prisoners are discovered by the Gestapo and crucified. The one remaining escapee, George Heisler (Spencer Tracy), has become embittered and cynical after his years in the concentration camp. But as an assortment of friends and strangers help him elude the Gestapo, Heisler finally makes it to neutral Holland, his faith in mankind restored. Jessica Tandy had her first screen appearance as Liesel Roeder, the wife of Paul Roeder (Hume Cronyn, Tandy's real life husband), one of the friends who helps Heisler make his way to freedom.

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.

Seven German prisoners of the Westhofen concentration camp decide to escape.

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