The read
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
43 audience votes
Key crew
- Roy WebbOriginal Music Composer
- Fred ZinnemannDirector
- Helen DeutschScreenplay
Cast
- 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
Stills
Themes
prisoner of waranti-nazi resistanceconcentration camp escapemainz, germanynazi germanyhiding from nazispre world war iiescape from nazi germany