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Cross of Iron (German: Steiner – Das Eiserne Kreuz, lit. "Steiner – The Iron Cross") is a 1977 war film directed by Sam Peckinpah, featuring James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason and David Warner.
May 20, 1977 · Cross of Iron: Directed by Sam Peckinpah. With James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner. German commander Hauptmann Stransky places a squad in extreme danger after Sergeant Rolf Steiner refuses to lie for him.
During World War II, Cpl. Rolf Steiner (James Coburn) is a well-respected member of the German military and a recipient of the Iron Cross, Germany's highest military honor. Envious of...
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German commander Hauptmann Stransky places a squad in extreme danger after Sergeant Rolf Steiner refuses to lie for him. In 1943, on the Russian front, decorated leader Rolf Steiner (James Coburn) is promoted to Sergeant after another successful mission.
Cross of Iron. Germany, 1943. Experienced Sergeant Steiner, fighting on the Eastern Front, has lost all illusions about the meaning of war. The fanatical Captain Stransky, on the other hand, is still convinced of the "final victory". Due to an order of Stransky, Steiner and his men get behind the Russian front.
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Cross of Iron is set in the German army but hasn't the usual conflict between ordinary soldiers and Nazi fanatics. Maximillian Schell's Stransky is a Prussian honor-bound by his aristocratic family to come back from the front with the Iron Cross.
As defeat looms on the Eastern Front, an awarded, but battle-worn German NCO (Coburn) vies with a newly-appointed captain, a Prussian aristocrat, who’s obsessed with obtaining the Iron Cross (Schell), even if he has to get it by fraud.
Jul 11, 2023 · Cross of Iron remains a powerful and thought-provoking film that challenges the traditional tropes of the war narrative by delving into the human psyche, individual choices and skewed moral compasses.
Apr 16, 2018 · Along with a through-line similar to many a great anti-war film, of ambitious, hubris-filled higher officers who care nothing for the men who serve them (represented by Maximillian Schell’s Captain and his desperate need to obtain the titular Cross of Iron for bravery, even if it means blackmailing fellow homosexual officers or maneuvering to ...
