The Seventh Cross

Synopsis

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.

Director

Fred Zinnemann

Written by

Helen Deutsch

Music

Roy Webb

Studio

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Released

24 July 1944

Genres

Drama, War