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Cross of Iron

Cross of Iron

IMDB:

7.1
Cross of Iron

Released

1/29/1977

Duration

2h 12m

Genre

Drama, Action, History, War

Country

Germany

Cast

James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason

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

Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner

James Coburn

Maximilian Schell

Hauptmann Stransky

Maximilian Schell

James Mason

Oberst Brandt

James Mason

David Warner

Hauptmann Kiesel

David Warner

Klaus Löwitsch

Unteroffizier Krüger

Klaus Löwitsch

Vadim Glowna

Gefreiter Kern

Vadim Glowna

Roger Fritz

Leutnant Treibig

Roger Fritz

Dieter Schidor

Anselm

Dieter Schidor

Burkhard Driest

Schütze Maag

Burkhard Driest

Fred Stillkrauth

Unteroffizier Schnurrbart

Fred Stillkrauth

Michael Nowka

Dietz

Michael Nowka

Véronique Vendell

Marga

Véronique Vendell