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Writers:
Anna Seghers (novel)
Helen Deutsch (screenplay)
Release Date:
24 July 1944 (USA) more
Tagline:
Daringly Real . . . Startlingly Frank! The revealing novel of a hunted man's search for love!
Plot:
In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and... more | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar. more
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Veteran Actor Hume Cronyn Dies at 91
(From WENN. 16 June 2003)
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A compelling story of the triumph of the human spirit more (20 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Spencer Tracy | ... | George Heisler | |
| Signe Hasso | ... | Toni | |
| Hume Cronyn | ... | Paul Roeder | |
| Jessica Tandy | ... | Liesel Roeder | |
| Agnes Moorehead | ... | Mme. Marelli | |
| Herbert Rudley | ... | Franz Marnet | |
| Felix Bressart | ... | Poldi Schlamm | |
| Ray Collins | ... | Ernst Wallau | |
| Alexander Granach | ... | Zillich | |
| Katherine Locke | ... | Frau Hedy Sauer | |
| George Macready | ... | Bruno Sauer | |
| Paul Guilfoyle | ... | Fiedler | |
| Steven Geray | ... | Dr. Loewenstein | |
| Kurt Katch | ... | Leo Hermann | |
| Kaaren Verne | ... | Leni (as Karen Verne) |
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The Seven Crosses
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110 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Australia:G (TV rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
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Factual errors: The film is set in 1936 but shows the Concentration Camp being run by the 'Storm troopers' (Sturmabteilung). The SA virtually ceased to exist following the 'night of the Long Knives'(Nacht der langen Messer), which occurred between June 30 and July 2, 1934. The SA did linger on after this but it was weakened and almost pointless, leaving the Schutzstaffel (SS) to take over most of its duties, including camp administration, etc. more
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Featured in Twenty Years After (1944) more
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Although slow moving, as was typical of Hollywood dramas of that era, The Seventh Cross tells a compelling story of the human spirit overcoming the evils of totalitarianism, and the recovery of one's faith in mankind during the midst of a societal distrust. George Heisel, portrayed by Spencer Tracey (one of his classic performances), is a broken man who has lost his faith in humanity who has escaped from a Nazi concentration camp with six others in the early days of the Reich when not all Germans loved the Fuerer and still had decent intentions. The Nazi Commandant vows to capture all seven and hang them on crosses he has built inside the camp. Six are caught, but Heisel escapes to Mainz, leaving the seventh cross empty. In Mainz, he realizes that he can't go to his old girlfriend (who has married a Nazi) or his family (his younger brother has joined the SS); almost all his friends have turned Nazi or been captured or killed save one, Paul Roeder and his wife Liesel (played by longtime married actors Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy). The Roeder's help get him in touch with members of the underground (including Paul Guilfolye, father of the actor on CSI) who help him escape to Holland. As he leaves, he realizes he must pay back not those who hurt him and broke him, but those that healed him, those who restored his faith in the God-given decency inherent in all of us if given the chance to rise to the surface. Sometimes it can arise in the most unlikely of places, but it is there.
To be placed alongside The Hiding Place, Schindler's List and Swing Kids. A must see for anyone who loves freedom.