Cross of Iron (1977)

US:: R Action Drama History War

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.

Updated May 9 2020

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Runtime: 132 mins Budget: $6,000,000 Rating: 6.9 Tag Line: Captain Stransky, you are the rest of my platoon

Cast

David Warner

Hauptmann Kiesel

James Mason

Oberst Brandt

James Coburn

Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner

Klaus Löwitsch

Unteroffizier Krüger

Maximilian Schell

Hauptmann Stransky

Senta Berger

Dr. Almuth Seegers

Vadim Glowna

Pvt. Kem

Burkhard Driest

Himself