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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!
7.1/10 1977 4K 133 min
Drama • Action • History • War

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.

Cross of Iron
Top Cast
James Coburn
James Coburn
Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
Maximilian Schell
Maximilian Schell
Hauptmann Stransky
James Mason
James Mason
Oberst Brandt
David Warner
David Warner
Hauptmann Kiesel
Klaus Löwitsch
Klaus Löwitsch
Unteroffizier Krüger
Vadim Glowna
Vadim Glowna
Gefreiter Kern
Roger Fritz
Roger Fritz
Leutnant Treibig
Dieter Schidor
Dieter Schidor
Anselm
Burkhard Driest
Burkhard Driest
Schütze Maag
Fred Stillkrauth
Fred Stillkrauth
Unteroffizier Schnurrbart