Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (1945)
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Box office
Grossed $3.6M worldwide, about 2.8 times its $1.3M budget
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Setting
Set in Germany
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Music
Music by Roy Webb
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Karl Freund
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Anna SeghersNovel
- Helen DeutschScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 24, 1944
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1.3M
- Revenue
- $3.6M
- Countries
- United States of America
Production
Cast
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 GuilfoyleFiedler
Steven GerayDr. Loewenstein
Kurt KatchLeo Hermann
Kaaren VerneLeni (as Karen Verne)
Konstantin ShayneFuellgrabe- George SuzanneBellani
John WengrafOverkamp
George ZuccoFahrenburg- Steven MullerHellwig
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