The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Spencer TracyGeorge Heisler
Signe HassoToni
Hume CronynPaul Roeder
Jessica TandyLiesel Roeder
Agnes MooreheadMadame Marelli
Herbert RudleyFranz Marnet
Felix BressartPoldi Schlamm
Ray CollinsWallau
Alexander GranachZillich
Katherine LockeFrau Hedy Sauer
George MacreadyBruno Sauer
Paul GuilfoyleFiedlerExplore the crew
- Director of Photography
- Karl Freund
- Original Music Composer
- Roy Webb
- Director
- Fred Zinnemann
- Screenplay
- Helen Deutsch
- Producer
- Pandro S. Berman
- Editor
- Thomas Richards