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Cross of Iron (1977)
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In 1943, in the Russian front, the decorated leader Rolf Steiner is promoted to Sergeant after another successful mission... See full summary » Director:Sam Peckinpah |
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Unteroffizier Feldwebel (S
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Sgt.) Rolf Steiner
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| Maximilian Schell | ... |
Hauptmann (Capt.) Stransky
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| James Mason | ... |
Oberst (Col.) Brandt
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Hauptmann (Capt.) Kiesel
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Vadim Glowna | ... |
Gefreiter (Pvt.) Kern
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Roger Fritz | ... |
Leutnant (Lt.) Triebig
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Dieter Schidor | ... |
Anselm
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Burkhard Driest | ... |
Schütze Maag
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Fred Stillkrauth | ... |
Unteroffizier (Cpl.) Schnurrbart ('Private Mustache')
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Michael Nowka | ... |
Dietz
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Véronique Vendell | ... |
Marga
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Arthur Brauss | ... |
Pg. Zoll
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Sister Eva
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In 1943, in the Russian front, the decorated leader Rolf Steiner is promoted to Sergeant after another successful mission. Meanwhile the upper-class and arrogant Prussian Captain Hauptmann Stransky is assigned as the new commander of his squad. After a bloody battle of Steiner's squad against the Russian troops led by the brave Lieutenant Meyer that dies in the combat, the coward Stransky claims that he led his squad against the Russian and requests to be awarded with the Iron of Cross to satisfy his personal ambition together with his aristocratic family. Stransky gives the names of Steiner and of the homosexual Lieutenant Triebig as witnesses of his accomplishment, but Steiner, who has problems with the chain of command in the army and with the arrogance of Stransky, refuses to participate in the fraud. When Colonel Brandt gives the order to leave the position in the front, Stransky does not retransmit the order to Steiner's squad... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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(West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz See more »Box Office
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$6,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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movie "Cross of Iron"(1977),there is the following quote;
"Don't rejoice in his defeat, you men.
For though the world stood up and stopped the bastard,
The bitch that bore him is in heat again."
-Bertolt Brecht See more »
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The lyrics to the famous 'Kinderlied' which is played over the montage at the beginning of the movie are, in German: Hänschen klein Geht allein In die weite Welt hinein. Stock und Hut Steht im gut, Ist gar wohlgemut. [first verse] Which, translated, means: Little John He has gone Out to see the world alone Staff and hat, Look at that, He's one happy cat. But his mommy cries a lot Now she has no Johnny got. "Fortune find, But you mind, Come back to your kind." Seven years, Joy and tears, John in many lands appears. Then he thought That he ought To go home and got - But now he's no Johnny small, No, he is now big John tall. Tall and tanned, Face and hand. Will they know this man? One, two, three Pass and see, Don't know who this man might be. Even Sis: "Who is this?" Knows not who he is. Then along comes mother dear, Barely sees his eyes so clear, Says: "My son, Welcome home, God bless you my son." [all verses] See more »Goofs
Factual errors: In an already described scene, where Russian soldiers are singing Yugoslav song "Oy Kozaro", there are some more mistakes. The Russian soldiers are all wearing regular Yugoslav People's Army uniforms from the mid '70s, the trucks are model TAM (made in Slovenia for YU army between 1960-75), the registration plates on the trucks are regular registration plates of YU Army. See more »Crazy Credits
In the End Credits in the North American BETA/VHS & DVD versions of themovie "Cross of Iron"(1977),there is the following quote;
"Don't rejoice in his defeat, you men.
For though the world stood up and stopped the bastard,
The bitch that bore him is in heat again."
-Bertolt Brecht See more »
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