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Cross of Iron

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.

1977 |2h 12m |  Drama, Action, History, War

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Cast

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James Coburn

Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner

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Maximilian Schell

Hauptmann Stransky

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James Mason

Oberst Brandt

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David Warner

Hauptmann Kiesel

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Klaus Löwitsch

Unteroffizier Krüger

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Vadim Glowna

Gefreiter Kern

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Roger Fritz

Leutnant Treibig

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Dieter Schidor

Anselm

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Burkhard Driest

Schütze Maag

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Fred Stillkrauth

Unteroffizier Schnurrbart

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Véronique Vendell

Marga

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Arthur Brauss

Zoll

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Senta Berger

Eva

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Demeter Bitenc

Hauptmann Pucher (uncredited)

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Igor Galo

Leutnant Meyer (uncredited)

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Wolfgang Hess

Schütze Maag (voice) (uncredited)

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Irfan Mensur

Partizan Soldier (uncredited)

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Hermina Pipinić

Ruskinja (uncredited)

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Robert Rietti

German Officer (voice) (uncredited)

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Dragomir Stanojević

Corporal Joseph Keppler (uncredited)

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Slavko Štimac

Michail (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

German, English, French, Russian

Budget

$6,000,000.00

Revenue

$1,509,000.00