Cross of Iron

The story

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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Cross of Iron Collection

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This film

Cross of Iron

1977

Breakthrough

1979

Cast

J James CoburnUnteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner M Maximilian SchellHauptmann Stransky J James MasonOberst Brandt D David WarnerHauptmann Kiesel K Klaus LöwitschUnteroffizier Krüger V Vadim GlownaGefreiter Kern R Roger FritzLeutnant Treibig D Dieter SchidorAnselm B Burkhard DriestSchütze Maag F Fred StillkrauthUnteroffizier Schnurrbart M Michael NowkaDietz V Véronique VendellMarga

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A Arthur BraussZoll S Senta BergerEva D Demeter BitencHauptmann Pucher (uncredited) I Igor GaloLeutnant Meyer (uncredited) K Katherine HaberNurse Sadie Finkelstein (uncredited) W Wolf C. HartwigHartwig (uncredited) W Wolfgang HessSchütze Maag (voice) (uncredited) S Sweeney MacArthurBoy Soldier (uncredited) I Irfan MensurPartizan Soldier (uncredited) H Hermina PipinićRuskinja (uncredited) R Robert RiettiGerman Officer (voice) (uncredited) D Dragomir StanojevićCorporal Joseph Keppler (uncredited) S Slavko ŠtimacMichail (uncredited)