4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 29, 2025
Fred Zinnemann had one of his first Hollywood successes with the daring Seventh Cross. Since he was Austrian and lost family to the concentration camps, the personal nature of the material is unquestionable. He takes the novel by fellow Austrian emigre Anna Seghers and packs the story full with a we read more
In Germany, in the year 1936, seven prisoners escape from a concentration camp. One by one they are caught and their bodies are placed on crucifixes at the camp as a warning to others who may attempt escape. Only one man from these seven, George Heisler ( Spencer Tracy ), remains uncaptured and it i read more
A Sétima Cruz (1944) / The Seventh Cross (1944) ESTA CRÍTICA TEM SPOILERS THIS ARTICLE HAS SPOILERS A guerra mais violenta, degradante e mortal de todas começou em 1939, mas os horrores já estavam acontecendo há anos na terra de Hitler. Os nazistas chegaram ao poder na Alemanha em read more
Seven prisoners escape from a concentration camp and struggle across Nazi Germany. Six are captured, tortured, and strung up on one of seven crosses in built in the camp. The seventh cross remains empty. That’s some powerful, if heavy-handed symbolism, especially for a film made in 1944. The read more
Seven prisoners escape from a concentration camp and struggle across Nazi Germany. Six are captured, tortured, and strung up on one of seven crosses in built in the camp. The seventh cross remains empty. That’s some powerful, if heavy-handed symbolism, especially for a film made in 1944. The read more
A Sétima Cruz (1944) / The Seventh Cross (1944) ESTA CRÍTICA TEM SPOILERS THIS ARTICLE HAS SPOILERS A guerra mais violenta, degradante e mortal de todas começou em 1939, mas os horrores já estavam acontecendo há anos na terra de Hitler. Os nazistas chegaram ao poder na Alemanha em read more
