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Cross of Iron
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Overview

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Director:
Sam Peckinpah
Writers:
Julius J. Epstein (writer)
James Hamilton (writer)
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Release Date:
28 January 1977 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Drama | War more
Tagline:
The Power of Peckinpah Has Never Been So Real...Or So Brilliant! more
Plot:
In 1943, in the Russian front, the decorated leader Rolf Steiner is promoted to Sergeant after another successful mission... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Best War Film there is more (127 total)

Cast

  (Credited 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 Triebig
Dieter Schidor ... Anselm
Burkhard Driest ... Schütze Maag
Fred Stillkrauth ... Gefreiter Schnurrbart ('Private Mustache') (as Fred Stillkraut)
Michael Nowka ... Dietz
Véronique Vendell ... Marga
Arthur Brauss ... Pg. Zoll
Senta Berger ... Eva
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Robert Rietty ... German Officer (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz (West Germany)
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Runtime:
132 min | USA:119 min
Country:
UK | West Germany
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Obrov, Slovenia more
Company:
EMI Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The German general who visits the hospital is dubbed by Robert Reitty. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The way Kiesel holds his glass changes (early in movie). more
Quotes:
Colonel Brandt: Why did you ask to be relieved of duty in France?
Captain Stransky: I want to get the Iron Cross.
Colonel Brandt: [reaching into his pockets] We can give you one of mine.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Steiner - Das eiserne Kreuz, 2. Teil (1979) more
Soundtrack:
Oh, Du wunderschöner Westerwald more

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56 out of 62 people found the following comment useful.
Best War Film there is, 6 July 2001
8/10
Author: JBLOSS (JEREMYBLOSS@HOTMAIL.COM) from Milton Keynes, UK

I still rate this as the best and most honest war film I've seen. It ignores the Hollywood schmaltz that spoiled Saving Private Ryan and manages to portray the soldiers as human beings and particularly for German soldiers this is an exception. The battle scenes are expansive and very bloody as we follow the German platoon trying to get back to its own lines. The soldiers are heroes in an unheroic war and the film captures the chaos, cynicism and heroism of the German retreat. Well worth checking out.

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