Cross of Iron (1977)

ALL 01/29/1977 (en) Drama, Action, History, War 132 Min
  • Release
    01/29/1977
  • Production
    Rapid Film, EMI Films, Terra-Filmkunst, Alex Winitsky / Arlene Sellers Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    71%
  • Original title
    Cross of Iron
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 1,509,000.00
    -

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!

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.

  1. Sam Peckinpah

    Director

  2. Story



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Casts

  1. James Coburn

    Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner

  2. Maximilian Schell

    Hauptmann Stransky

  3. James Mason

    Oberst Brandt

  4. David Warner

    Hauptmann Kiesel

  5. Klaus Löwitsch

    Unteroffizier Krüger

  6. Vadim Glowna

    Gefreiter Kern

  7. Roger Fritz

    Leutnant Treibig

  8. Dieter Schidor

    Anselm

  9. Burkhard Driest

    Schütze Maag

  10. Fred Stillkrauth

    Unteroffizier Schnurrbart

  11. Michael Nowka

    Dietz

  12. Véronique Vendell

    Marga

  13. Arthur Brauss

    Zoll

  14. Senta Berger

    Eva

  15. Demeter Bitenc

    Hauptmann Pucher (uncredited)

  16. Igor Galo

    Leutnant Meyer (uncredited)

  17. Katherine Haber

    Nurse Sadie Finkelstein (uncredited)

  18. Wolf C. Hartwig

    Hartwig (uncredited)

  19. Wolfgang Hess

    Schütze Maag (voice) (uncredited)

  20. Sweeney MacArthur

    Boy Soldier (uncredited)

  21. Irfan Mensur

    Partizan Soldier (uncredited)

  22. Hermina Pipinić

    Ruskinja (uncredited)

  23. Robert Rietti

    German Officer (voice) (uncredited)

  24. Dragomir Stanojević

    Corporal Joseph Keppler (uncredited)

  25. Slavko Štimac

    Michail (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 25 , Crews : 41

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Cross of Iron (1977) 132 Min

ALL 01/29/1977 (en)
Drama, Action, History, War
  • Release 01/29/1977
  • Production
    Rapid Film, EMI Films, Terra-Filmkunst, Alex Winitsky / Arlene Sellers Productions
  • Original title Cross of Iron
  • en
  • Revenue1,509,000.00

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!

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.

  1. Sam Peckinpah

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Tony Lawson, Murray Jordan, Michael Ellis

    Editor

  4. Wolf C. Hartwig, Alex Winitsky, Arlene Sellers

    Producer