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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!
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.
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Synopsis
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.
More about Cross of Iron
Cast
James CoburnUnteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
Maximilian SchellHauptmann Stransky
James MasonOberst Brandt
David WarnerHauptmann Kiesel
Klaus LöwitschUnteroffizier Krüger
Vadim GlownaGefreiter Kern
Roger FritzLeutnant Treibig
Dieter SchidorAnselmCredits
- Directed by
- Sam Peckinpah
- Written by
- Herbert Asmodi, Julius J. Epstein, James Hamilton, Walter Kelley, Willi Heinrich
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Collection
- Cross of Iron Collection
- Budget
- $6M
- Box office
- $1.5M
Production
- Rapid FilmGermany
EMI FilmsUnited Kingdom- Terra-FilmkunstGermany
- Alex Winitsky / Arlene Sellers Productions
