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24 July 1944 (USA) moreTagline:
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 synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. moreUser Comments:
Bold and complex, astonishingly so given it was made during the war. moreCast
(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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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. moreFAQ
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While watching this film, I was under the impression that it had been made in the early 1950s and was amazed and impressed to see that it dates from 1944. Although not all the film's messages intertwine as neatly as they might, it is - overall - a great success. It seems surprisingly long for a film of its era as well, though it does not drag on the whole. Spencer Tracy gave me some clue in this role why he is considered to be such a great actor (you actually see his face change as he recovers from the near animal state the concentration camp had reduced him to) and Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy also put in top class performances. The depiction of the concentration camp is astoundingly vivid for the time, with the theme of seven crosses for either displaying the corpses of the escapees or for putting them to death being especially grim and - as the allies were soon to find out - no exaggeration as a symbol of the evil the Nazis visited upon millions who fell under their jackboot. Modern audiences may feel somewhat ambivalent about the idea of one of Tracy's dead friends from the camp acting as a voice within his soul, but I think even those not of a spiritual bent ought to concede it is depicted with a light touch that does not damage the film.