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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!

1977 · R · 2h 13m

Directed by Sam Peckinpah

7.2

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512 votes, out of 10

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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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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)