Movie
Cross of Iron
Overview
It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous Corporal Steiner. Stransky is the only man who believes that the Third Reich is still vastly superior to the Russian army. However, within his pompous persona lies a quivering coward who longs for the Iron Cross so that he can return to Berlin a hero. Steiner, on the other hand is cynical, defiantly non-conformist and more concerned with the safety of his own men rather than the horde of military decorations offered to him by his superiors.
Details
- Release date
- 1977-01-28
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Genres
- Drama, Action, History, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Rapid Film, EMI Films, Terra-Filmkunst, Alex Winitsky / Arlene Sellers Productions
- Country
- Germany, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- James Coburn as Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
- Maximilian Schell as Hauptmann Stransky
- James Mason as Oberst Brandt
- David Warner as Hauptmann Kiesel
- Klaus Löwitsch as Unteroffizier Krüger
- Vadim Glowna as Gefreiter Kern
- Roger Fritz as Leutnant Treibig
- Dieter Schidor as Anselm
- Burkhard Driest as Schütze Maag
- Fred Stillkrauth as Unteroffizier Schnurrbart
- Michael Nowka as Dietz
- Véronique Vendell as Marga
Crew
- Sam Peckinpah - Director
- Herbert Asmodi - Writer
- Julius J. Epstein - Screenplay
- James Hamilton - Screenplay
- Walter Kelley - Screenplay
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