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Cross of Iron (1977)

R ★ 7.1/10 133 min Drama, Action, History, War Germany, United Kingdom English
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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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!

Description

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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Top Cast

James Coburn
James Coburn Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
Maximilian Schell
Maximilian Schell Hauptmann Stransky
James Mason
James Mason Oberst Brandt
David Warner
David Warner Hauptmann Kiesel
Klaus Löwitsch
Klaus Löwitsch Unteroffizier Krüger
Vadim Glowna
Vadim Glowna Gefreiter Kern
Roger Fritz
Roger Fritz Leutnant Treibig
Dieter Schidor
Dieter Schidor Anselm

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