Movie·1977·2h 13m
Cross of Iron
On the Eastern front in 1943, the German soldiers no longer had any ideals. They were not fighting for the Party—but for their lives!
Directed By
Sam Peckinpah
Country
Germany
Language
German
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The Story
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.
Written By
Julius J. Epstein, James Hamilton, Walter Kelley
Producer
Wolf C. Hartwig, Arlene Sellers
Cinematography
John Coquillon
Music
Ernest Gold
Editor
Michael Ellis
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Cast
James Coburn
Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
Maximilian Schell
Hauptmann Stransky
James Mason
Oberst Brandt
David Warner
Hauptmann Kiesel
Klaus Löwitsch
Unteroffizier Krüger
Vadim Glowna
Gefreiter Kern
Roger Fritz
Leutnant Treibig
Dieter Schidor
Anselm
Burkhard Driest
Schütze Maag
Fred Stillkrauth
Unteroffizier Schnurrbart
Michael Nowka
Dietz
Véronique Vendell
Marga
Arthur Brauss
Zoll
Senta Berger
Eva
Demeter Bitenc
Hauptmann Pucher (uncredited)
Igor Galo
Leutnant Meyer (uncredited)
Katherine Haber
Nurse Sadie Finkelstein (uncredited)
Wolf C. Hartwig
Hartwig (uncredited)
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Crew
Sam Peckinpah
Director
Wolf C. Hartwig
Producer
Arlene Sellers
Producer
Alex Winitsky
Producer
Ernest Gold
Original Music Composer
John Coquillon
Director of Photography
Michael Ellis
Editor
Murray Jordan
Editor
Tony Lawson
Editor
Julius J. Epstein
Screenplay
James Hamilton
Screenplay
Walter Kelley
Screenplay
Herbert Asmodi
Writer
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