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28 January 1977 (West Germany) moreTagline:
The Power of Peckinpah Has Never Been So Real...Or So Brilliant! morePlot:
In 1943, in the Russian front, the decorated leader Rolf Steiner is promoted to Sergeant after another successful mission... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win moreNewsDesk:
(4 articles)
“Nazis. I hate these guys.”: 15 WWII Movies Worth Watching Before You See Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. (From FilmJunk. 26 May 2009, 4:10 PM, PDT)
Oscar-Winning Actor James Coburn Dies at 74
(From IMDb News. 19 November 2002)
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Best War Film there is moreCast
(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 | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Robert Rietty | ... | German Officer (voice) | |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
132 min | USA:119 minColor:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
West Germany:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Australia:M (alternate rating) | Australia:R (original rating) | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 | Italy:T | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Singapore:NC-16Fun Stuff
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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. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: During Sgt Steiner's hospitalization for wounds, he yells from the hospital balcony to a driver below, "Corporal, hold that truck!" However, the rank insignia on the driver's shoulder straps clearly indicates that he is a Senior Sergeant. moreQuotes:
Unteroffizier Krüger: I stay dirty for a reason. If you've been in the field as long as I've been, you'd know why.Sargeant Steiner: Explain.
Unteroffizier Krüger: Natural body oils, combined with dirt, can keep you waterproof.
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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.