Cross of Iron
(1977)

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: 1977-01-29

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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.

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James Coburn

as Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner

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Maximilian Schell

as Hauptmann Stransky

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James Mason

as Oberst Brandt

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David Warner

as Hauptmann Kiesel

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Klaus Löwitsch

as Unteroffizier Krüger

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Vadim Glowna

as Gefreiter Kern

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Roger Fritz

as Leutnant Treibig

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Burkhard Driest

as Schütze Maag

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Fred Stillkrauth

as Unteroffizier Schnurrbart

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Demeter Bitenc

as Hauptmann Pucher (uncredited)

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Igor Galo

as Leutnant Meyer (uncredited)

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Katherine Haber

as Nurse Sadie Finkelstein (uncredited)

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Wolf C. Hartwig

as Hartwig (uncredited)

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Wolfgang Hess

as Schütze Maag (voice) (uncredited)

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Sweeney MacArthur

as Boy Soldier (uncredited)

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