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Cross of Iron (1977) 7.5
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 ... See full summary » Director:Sam Peckinpah |
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Cast
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| James Coburn | ... |
Unteroffizier Feldwebel (S /
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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| David Warner | ... |
Hauptmann (Capt.) Kiesel
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Klaus Löwitsch | ... | |
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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, and they are left alone surrounded by the enemy and... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Release Date:
8 March 1977 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Croix de fer See more »Box Office
Budget:
$6,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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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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The pistol Stransky draws to shoot the teenage Russian prisoner at the first meeting with Steiner is a Model 1934 Beretta. See more »Goofs
The Soviet planes that bomb the German trench system are actually U.S. Navy Vought F4U Corsairs. You can even see the U.S. military markings on them. See 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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Hey guys, all those of you who say "Saving Private Ryan was better". Of course it was (in some ways).
But it was also filmed 21 years later, in a modern GCI reality, with this film as one of the foundation stone on which it was built.
SPR used obvious cardboard tanks and Hollywood "stars". COI used real equipment and actors who could act, not just pose.
COI did the action shots with real effects, real explosions. SPR did a lot with digital technology. Of course it's a snappier, smoother visual experience, but it has 2 decades of heritage and technology to prop it up.
In my Opinion, COI is one of the 3 best war films of all time. Apocalypse Now had a huge budget in the modern era - COI had 5 yugoslav tanks, and comes a VERY close second. {Don't ask me to pick the third, right now. I have several options, but COI and An are head and shoulders above the rest.} Steiner is a performance of a lifetime for Coburn - should've been an Oscar, IMHO.
This is one of those films I watch several times a year, as a calibration for the other stuff, and for pure fun.
Buy it, watch it, and watch it again, and again...