R 1977 Drama, Action, History

Cross of Iron

Name: Cross of Iron
Genre: Drama, Action, History, War
Released: 1977-01-28
Duration: 2 h 13 min
Cast: James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner, Klaus Löwitsch

“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!”

2h 13m 133 min

7.1/10

by Sam Peckinpah

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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.