POLAND · 1944

The Seventh Cross

Fred Zinnemann
nazi germany concentration camp escape political persecution resistance to tyranny survival against odds
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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.

Year1944
CountryPoland
DirectorFred Zinnemann
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