Film · Drama, Action, History, War
Cross of Iron (1977)
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!
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.
- Director
- Sam Peckinpah
- Writers
- Willi Heinrich, Julius J. Epstein, James Hamilton
- Country
- Germany, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Release date
- January 28, 1977
Cross of Iron cast
James CoburnUnteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
Maximilian SchellHauptmann Stransky
James MasonOberst Brandt
David WarnerHauptmann Kiesel
Klaus LöwitschUnteroffizier Krüger
Vadim GlownaGefreiter Kern
Roger FritzLeutnant Treibig
Dieter SchidorAnselm
Burkhard DriestSchütze Maag
Fred StillkrauthUnteroffizier Schnurrbart- Michael NowkaDietz
- Véronique VendellMarga
Arthur BraussZoll
Senta BergerEva- Demeter BitencHauptmann Pucher (uncredited)
- Igor GaloLeutnant Meyer (uncredited)
- Katherine HaberNurse Sadie Finkelstein (uncredited)
- Wolf C. HartwigHartwig (uncredited)
- Wolfgang HessSchütze Maag (voice) (uncredited)
- Sweeney MacArthurBoy Soldier (uncredited)
