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:
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 |
| Editing | Michael Ellis | Editor |
| Editing | Tony Lawson | Editor |
| Editing | Murray Jordan | Editor |
| Camera | John Coquillon | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Ernest Gold | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Wolf C. Hartwig | Producer |
| Production | Alex Winitsky | Producer |
| Writing | Willi Heinrich | Novel |
| Production | Arlene Sellers | Producer |
| 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 | Ted Haworth | Production Design |
| Editing | Mark Winitsky | Editorial Services |
| Sound | Gerard Schurmann | Orchestrator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Colin Arthur | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Evelyn Döhring | Hairstylist |
| Camera | Herbert Smith | Camera Operator |
| Editing | George Akers | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Bert Batt | Assistant Director |
| Art | Veljko Despotović | Art Direction |
| Production | Dieter Nobbe | Production Supervisor |
| Camera | Lars Looschen | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Richard Richtsfeld | Special Effects |
| Sound | Ernest Gold | Music |
| Art | Brian Ackland-Snow | Production Design |
| Directing | Branislav Brana Srdić | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Branko Knez | First Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Chris Carreras | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Mark Winitsky | Assistant Director |
| Art | Harold Michelson | Art Direction |
| Sound | John Richards | Music |
| Crew | Milan Mitić | Stunts |
| Crew | Peter Brayham | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | Dennis Fraser | Grip |
| Directing | Trudy von Trotha | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Robin Clarke | Music Editor |
| Writing | Herbert Asmodi | Writer |
