Two young oil salesmen from Hamburg, who are tasked with buying oil from the Middle East as cheaply as possible for their company, get caught up in a clash between a local gang of drug smugglers and the police. Each stage of this dangerous adventure could earn them either twenty years in prison or liquidation by the gang. The appearance of a beautiful, somewhat enigmatic woman adds to the allure. Two middle-class existences in a foreign country, confronted with the rude methods of the police and criminal elements, form the field of tension in this adventure story, which was produced with an international cast.
Unfortunately the movie Auf's Kreuz gelegt is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Wolfgang Petersen | Director |
| Directing | Gaby Werth | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Hans Gottschalk | Writer |
| Camera | Nils-Peter Mahlau | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Nils Sustrate | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Jürgen P. P. Meissner | Sound |
| Editing | Hannelore Pitscheck | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Karin Wagner | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sigrid Nasarski | Costume Designer |
| Crew | Hans-Jürgen Watty | Video Assist Operator |
| Production | Harald Vock | Producer |
| Production | Fred Otto | Production Manager |
| Production | Arno Hildebrandt | Unit Manager |
| Art | Martin Mövius | Production Design |
