Genre: Drama, World War II, Escape, Suspense, Disturbing, Prison, Betrayal
Plot: In the short time between Hitler's rise to power and the start of the Second World War, a simple German man finds himself hunted in his own country. George Heisler's anti-Nazi leanings land him in a concentration camp. However, he is not content to sit back and accept his fate. He and six fellow inmates decide to carry out a risky escape plan. Though their scheme works, the ex-prisoners realize that getting beyond the barbed wire and armed guards was only the beginning of an arduous trip; staying alive in a totalitarian state proves more challenging than any of them had expected. The camp's commandant, furthermore, reserves seven trees for the escapees, so that, when captured, each can be crucified. When six men are caught, only George remains free. And "The Seventh Cross" awaits its victim.
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| Directed by |
Fred Zinnemann
High Noon, The Day of the Jackal, From Here to Eternity |
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| Written by |
Helen Deutsch
Valley of the Dolls, National Velvet, King Solomon's Mines | |
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Spencer Tracy
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Inherit the Wind, Adam's Rib |
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The Pelican Brief, Shadow of a Doubt, Cocoon | Jessica Tandy
The Birds, Fried Green Tomatoes, Driving Miss Daisy | Agnes Moorehead
Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, How the West Was Won | | Felix Bressart
To Be or Not to Be, The Shop Around the Corner, Ninotchka | |
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| Music By |
Roy Webb
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Notorious, Out of the Past |
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