Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz (1977)
Zweiter Weltkrieg, auf der russischen Halbinsel Taman im Jahr 1943: Die deutschen Truppen befinden sich auf dem Rückzug vor der vorrückenden Roten Armee. Mitten in den Wirren des Rückzuges treffen zwei Charaktere aufeinander: Der desillusionierte Feldwebel Steiner, der nicht mehr an den Sieg glaubt, und der fanatische Hauptmann Stransky, dessen ganzer Ehrgeiz nur dem Eisernen Kreuz gilt. Die Feindschaft zwischen den beiden wächst zu einem hasserfüllten Privatkrieg aus. Stransky lässt Steiners Kolonne hinter der russischen Front ins Verderben rennen.
Der Regisseur:
Sam Peckinpah
Die Autor:
Julius J. Epstein, James Hamilton, Walter Kelley.
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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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Dieter Schidor as Anselm |
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Burkhard Driest as Schütze Maag |
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Fred Stillkrauth as Unteroffizier Schnurrbart |
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Michael Nowka as Dietz |
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Véronique Vendell as Marga |
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Arthur Brauss as Zoll |
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Senta Berger as Eva |
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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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Irfan Mensur as Partizan Soldier (uncredited) |
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Hermina Pipinić as Ruskinja (uncredited) |
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Robert Rietti as German Officer (voice) (uncredited) |
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Dragomir Stanojević as Corporal Joseph Keppler (uncredited) |
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Slavko Štimac as Michail (uncredited) |
| Directing | Sam Peckinpah | Director |
| Writing | Willi Heinrich | Novel |
| Production | Wolf C. Hartwig | Producer |
| Production | Arlene Sellers | Producer |
| Production | Alex Winitsky | Producer |
| Sound | Ernest Gold | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | John Coquillon | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Michael Ellis | Editor |
| Editing | Murray Jordan | Editor |
| Editing | Tony Lawson | Editor |
| Writing | Julius J. Epstein | Screenplay |
| Writing | James Hamilton | Screenplay |
| Writing | Walter Kelley | Screenplay |
| Production | Katherine Haber | Production Assistant |
| Production | Lothar H. Krischer | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Herbert Taschner | Additional Editing |
| Art | Brian Ackland-Snow | Production Design |
| Art | Ted Haworth | Production Design |
| Art | Veljko Despotović | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Colin Arthur | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Evelyn Döhring | Hairstylist |
| Production | Dieter Nobbe | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Bert Batt | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Branislav Brana Srdić | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Chris Carreras | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Mark Winitsky | Assistant Director |
| Art | Harold Michelson | Art Direction |
| Crew | Richard Richtsfeld | Special Effects |
| Crew | Peter Brayham | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Milan Mitić | Stunts |
| Camera | Dennis Fraser | Grip |
| Camera | Lars Looschen | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Herbert Smith | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Branko Knez | First Assistant Camera |
| Editing | George Akers | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Mark Winitsky | Editorial Services |
| Sound | Ernest Gold | Music |
| Sound | John Richards | Music |
| Sound | Gerard Schurmann | Orchestrator |
| Directing | Trudy von Trotha | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Robin Clarke | Music Editor |
| Writing | Herbert Asmodi | Writer |