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About
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.
Theatrical
May 20, 1977
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 1, 2000
Box Office
$1.5M
Budget
$6.0M
Return
0.3x
Director
Writers
Julius J. Epstein, James Hamilton, Walter Kelley
Producers
Music
Studio
Rapid Film, EMI Films, Terra-Filmkunst, Alex Winitsky / Arlene Sellers Productions
Cast
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James Coburn
Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
M
Maximilian Schell
Hauptmann Stransky
J
James Mason
Oberst Brandt
D
David Warner
Hauptmann Kiesel
K
Klaus Löwitsch
Unteroffizier Krüger
V
Vadim Glowna
Gefreiter Kern
R
Roger Fritz
Leutnant Treibig
D
Dieter Schidor
Anselm
B
Burkhard Driest
Schütze Maag
F
Fred Stillkrauth
Unteroffizier Schnurrbart
M
Michael Nowka
Dietz
V
Véronique Vendell
Marga
A
Arthur Brauss
Zoll
S
Senta Berger
Eva
D
Demeter Bitenc
Hauptmann Pucher (uncredited)
I
Igor Galo
Leutnant Meyer (uncredited)
K
Katherine Haber
Nurse Sadie Finkelstein (uncredited)
W
Wolf C. Hartwig
Hartwig (uncredited)
W
Wolfgang Hess
Schütze Maag (voice) (uncredited)
S
Sweeney MacArthur
Boy Soldier (uncredited)
Cross of Iron Collection
The Cross of Iron movie collection revolves around gritty portrayals of soldiers' lives during World War II, with a focus on the Eastern Front.
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On the Eastern Front in 1943 the German soldiers no longer had any ideals, they were not fighting for the stinking Party-but for their stinking lives!
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