The Seventh Cross

Year: 1944

Runtime: 110 mins

Language: English

Director: Fred Zinnemann

DramaThrillerWarWar and historical adventureNazis and World War II

In 1936 Nazi Germany, seven prisoners break out of a concentration camp. The cruel commandant erects a cross for each recaptured inmate, having the Gestapo execute them publicly upon return. As six crosses are filled, a seventh remains empty, while George Heisler races against time to reach freedom in Holland.

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