The Seventh Cross

Drama, Thriller, War

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Fred Zinnemann

Status Released

Release Date 1944-07-24

Storyline

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.

"His greatest role!"