His greatest role!
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.
- Director
- Fred Zinnemann
- Writers
- Helen Deutsch
Themesanti-nazi resistanceconcentration camp escapeescape from nazi germanyhiding from nazismainz, germany
