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!”
7.1
1977
2h 12m
DramaActionHistoryWar
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.
Key Crew
Director
Sam Peckinpah
Producers
Wolf C. Hartwig
Alex Winitsky
Arlene Sellers
Writers
Julius J. Epstein
James Hamilton
Walter Kelley
Cinematography
John Coquillon
Music
Ernest Gold
Cast (25)
James Coburn
Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
Maximilian Schell
