Summary
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.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+25)
Critics 100Audiences 75GoodWatch 86
Tomatometer100%
Audience score76%
IMDb7.4
Box office
2.8×its budget
- Budget
- $1 M
- Worldwide
- $4 M
Worldwide it earned $2 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 50 min
A typical length for dramas
typical 109110Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
1944
July 24, 1944
82 years ago
Genres
DramaWarLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Academy Awards1945
- Actor in a Supporting Role1945Nominated
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 25 more31 people
- 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- GSGeorge SuzanneBellani
John WengrafOverkamp
George ZuccoFahrenburg- SMSteven MullerHellwig
Eily MalyonFraulein Bachmann
Hugh BeaumontTruck Driver (uncredited)
Charles ArntHerr Binder (uncredited)
Robert BlakeSmall Boy (uncredited)
Directing · 2
- Fred Zinnemann Director
- Horace Hough Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Helen Deutsch Screenplay
- Anna Seghers Novel
Production · 1
- Pandro S. Berman Producer
Camera · 1
- Karl Freund Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Thomas Richards Editor
Sound · 2
- Roy Webb Original Music Composer
- James Burbridge Sound
Art · 3
- Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
- Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
- Leonid Vasian Art Direction
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