Cross of Iron (1977)
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.
Director:
Sam Peckinpah
Writers:
James Hamilton, Julius J. Epstein, 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 |
| Sound | Ernest Gold | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Tony Lawson | Editor |
| Production | Wolf C. Hartwig | Producer |
| Production | Alex Winitsky | Producer |
| Camera | John Coquillon | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Murray Jordan | Editor |
| Production | Arlene Sellers | Producer |
| Editing | Michael Ellis | Editor |
| Writing | James Hamilton | Screenplay |
| Writing | Julius J. Epstein | Screenplay |
| Writing | Walter Kelley | Screenplay |
| Production | Katherine Haber | Production Assistant |
| Production | Lothar H. Krischer | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Herbert Taschner | Additional Editing |
| Art | Harold Michelson | Art Direction |
| Editing | Mark Winitsky | Editorial Services |
| Directing | Bert Batt | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Herbert Smith | Camera Operator |
| Sound | John Richards | Music |
| Camera | Branko Knez | First Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Gerard Schurmann | Orchestrator |
| Crew | Richard Richtsfeld | Special Effects |
| Camera | Dennis Fraser | Grip |
| Crew | Milan Mitić | Stunts |
| Art | Veljko Despotović | Art Direction |
| Directing | Branislav Brana Srdić | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Chris Carreras | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Colin Arthur | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Evelyn Döhring | Hairstylist |
| Production | Dieter Nobbe | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Ernest Gold | Music |
| Directing | Trudy von Trotha | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Brian Ackland-Snow | Production Design |
| Art | Ted Haworth | Production Design |
| Crew | Peter Brayham | Stunt Coordinator |
| Directing | Mark Winitsky | Assistant Director |
| Editing | George Akers | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Lars Looschen | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Robin Clarke | Music Editor |
| Writing | Herbert Asmodi | Writer |
