Cross of Iron
movie
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!
Released January 29, 1977
Overview
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.
Cast
James Coburn
as
Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
Maximilian Schell
as
Hauptmann Stransky
James Mason
as
Oberst Brandt
David Warner
as
Hauptmann Kiesel
Klaus Löwitsch
as
Unteroffizier Krüger
Vadim Glowna
as
Gefreiter Kern
Roger Fritz
as
Leutnant Treibig
Dieter Schidor
as
Anselm
Burkhard Driest
as
Schütze Maag
Fred Stillkrauth
as
Unteroffizier Schnurrbart
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Michael Nowka
as
Dietz
Véronique Vendell
as
Marga
Crew
Sam Peckinpah
as
Director
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Willi Heinrich
as
Novel
Ernest Gold
as
Original Music Composer
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Tony Lawson
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Editor
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Wolf C. Hartwig
as
Producer
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Alex Winitsky
as
Producer
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John Coquillon
as
Director of Photography
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Murray Jordan
as
Editor
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Arlene Sellers
as
Producer
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Michael Ellis
as
Editor
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James Hamilton
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Screenplay
Julius J. Epstein
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Screenplay