The Seventh Cross

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:novel
gptkb:film
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hume_Cronyn
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:1944
gptkb:film
moderate success
The Seventh Cross (novel)
The Seventh Cross (novel) by Anna Seghers
gptkbp:allows banned in Nazi Germany
gptkbp:art_style gptkb:Eugene_Lourié
gptkbp:author gptkb:Anna_Seghers
gptkbp:awards none known
gptkbp:based_on The Seventh Cross (novel)
a novel by Anna Seghers
gptkbp:box_office $1.5 million
gptkbp:cast gptkb:Mabel_Albertson
gptkb:Henry_Morgan
gptkb:William_Frawley
gptkb:Fred_Zinnemann
gptkb:Spencer_Tracy
gptkb:Raymond_Massey
gptkb:John_Qualen
gptkb:Cecil_Kellaway
gptkb:Martha_Scott
gptkb:Zoltan_Korda
gptkb:Paul_Lukas
gptkb:Hume_Cronyn
gptkb:Richard_Arlen
gptkb:Edith_Evanson
gptkb:Mildred_Dunnock
gptkb:Murray_Alper
gptkb:Evelyn_Ankers
gptkb:James_Bell
gptkb:John_Garfield
gptkb:Robert_Barrat
gptkb:Morris_Ankrum
gptkb:Signe_Hasso
gptkb:Kurt_Kreuger
gptkb:Eugene_B._Kinkead
gptkb:John_Mc_Giver
gptkb:Robert_Benchley
gptkb:John_Mc_Intire
gptkb:Edwin_Max
Richard Hale
Paul Cavanagh
gptkbp:character gptkb:Dr._Karl_Heisler
gptkb:Frau_Braun
gptkb:Frau_Engel
gptkb:Kurt_Schneider
gptkb:Kurt
gptkb:Martha
gptkb:Lotte
gptkb:Friedrich
search for identity
Frau Schmidt
Frau Müller
against tyranny
Frau Schwarz
Frau Adler
Frau Becker
Frau Fischer
Frau Heisler
Frau Klein
Frau Koch
Frau Krüger
Frau Lange
Frau Roth
Frau Schneider
Frau Stein
Frau Wagner
Frau Weiss
George Heisler
Mrs. Heisler
Sister Martha
Dr. Huber
the Gestapo officer
gptkbp:character_appearance gptkb:Gowns_by_Adrian
gptkbp:character_arc redemption
transformation through adversity
gptkbp:character_development gptkb:launch_complex
Georg Heisler's journey
gptkbp:character_relationships complex relationships
friendships and alliances
gptkbp:character_traits gptkb:loyalty
bravery
desperation
gptkbp:cinematography gptkb:Karl_Freund
gptkbp:color Black and white
gptkbp:community_impact awareness of totalitarian regimes
gptkbp:conflict moral dilemmas
individual vs. state
escape and survival
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:critical_reception Positive
positive
well-received
gptkbp:cultural_impact gptkb:significant
studied in literature courses
adapted into stage plays
reference in popular culture
influenced other authors
inspired discussions on freedom
inspired resistance movements
Highlighted the plight of refugees.
gptkbp:cultural_references Nazi oppression
gptkbp:design gptkb:Cedric_Gibbons
gptkbp:directed_by gptkb:Fred_Zinnemann
gptkbp:director gptkb:Fred_Zinnemann
gptkbp:edited_by Robert Lawrence
gptkbp:film_festival gptkb:film_festival
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:Spencer_Tracy
Robert Lawrence
The Seventh Cross (1944)
gptkbp:follows a group of prisoners escaping from a concentration camp.
gptkbp:genre gptkb:church
gptkb:High_School
gptkb:war
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:historical_impact gptkb:the_Holocaust
gptkbp:historical_significance depicts the human cost of war
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Seventh Cross
gptkbp:impact post-war literature
gptkbp:influence post-war literature
gptkbp:influenced post-war literature
gptkbp:influenced_artists post-war German writers
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:German_Expressionism
gptkb:World_War_II
personal experiences
the author's own experiences.
gptkbp:influences gptkb:existentialism
gptkbp:inspiration personal experiences of the author
Seghers' own exile
gptkbp:is_evaluated_by positive
gptkbp:is_motivated_by freedom
gptkbp:is_symbolic_of the seventh cross represents hope
gptkbp:isbn 978-3-423-14063-0
gptkbp:language gptkb:human_rights
gptkb:Native_American_tribe
English
gptkbp:legacy remains relevant today
gptkbp:literary_devices gptkb:mythological_figure
gptkbp:main_character Georg Heisler
gptkbp:motif gptkb:betrayal
gptkb:survival
gptkb:Community_Center
gptkbp:music_by gptkb:Hugo_Friedhofer
gptkbp:narrative_style Linear
realism
third-person
flashbacks
third-person perspective
individual struggles
gptkbp:notable_for its anti-fascist themes.
gptkbp:notable_quote " The world is a prison."
" The only way to live is to be free."
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Seventh_Cross
gptkb:Anna_Seghers
gptkbp:performance reflects real events
gptkbp:plot linear narrative
A group of prisoners escape from a Nazi concentration camp.
gptkbp:produced_by gptkb:Harold_Hecht
gptkbp:production_company gptkb:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
gptkbp:published_by gptkb:Hoffmann_und_Campe
gptkb:1942
gptkb:New_York
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Vera_F._Schiller
gptkbp:reader_demographic adult readers
widely studied in literature courses
gptkbp:received positive reviews.
gptkbp:release_date gptkb:1944
gptkbp:release_format Theatrical
gptkbp:release_region gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:release_year gptkb:1944
gptkbp:released gptkb:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
gptkbp:released_in gptkb:1944
gptkbp:remake The Seventh Cross (TV film)
gptkbp:runtime 122 minutes
gptkbp:screenplay_by gptkb:Anna_Seghers
gptkb:Paul_Jarrico
gptkbp:set_in gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:setting gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:significance anti-fascist literature
explores totalitarianism
gptkbp:sound Monaural
gptkbp:starring gptkb:Spencer_Tracy
gptkb:Jessica_Tandy
gptkb:Raymond_Massey
gptkb:Hume_Cronyn
gptkb:Signe_Hasso
gptkbp:style realism
gptkbp:symbolism crosses
gptkbp:thematic_element freedom vs. oppression
gptkbp:theme gptkb:Hope
gptkb:Survival
gptkb:Community_Center
gptkb:watch
gptkb:Sacrifice
resistance
escape
gptkbp:themes gptkb:existentialism
human spirit
gptkbp:translated_into gptkb:French
gptkb:Spanish
English
Margaret Minifie
Margaret H. B. Smith