CROSS OF IRON

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• Release Year: 1977
• Genre: Action, Drama, War
• Plot: Cross of Iron is the only war film directed by master filmmaker Sam Peckinpah. With the same tenacity and style he brought to such classics as The Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs and The Getaway, Peckinpah delivers a riveting and violent tale of men on the front lines of battle.; ; Set in 1943, this explosive epic centers on Corporal Steiner (James Coburn of Eraser), an accomplished but war-weary combat veteran leading a group of German soldiers on the Russian front. Steiner's authority comes under attack when Captain Stransky (Maximilian Schell of Deep Impact) takes over the command of his troops.; ; A Prussian aristocrat, Stransky has one goal in mind: to win the coveted Iron Cross. Germany's highest medal, at any cost. The two military aces soon face off in an intense and deadly battle of wills. Highlighted by Peckinpah's trademark balletic violence, ultrarealistic battle scenes and a top cast that also includes David Warner (Titanic) and James Mason (The Verdict), Cross of Iron 'blasts open the gates of hell' (Newsweek) and 'affirms director Sam Peckinpah's prowess as an action filmmaker of graphic mayhem' (Variety). No less a film authority than Orson Welles called it the greatest antiwar movie since All Quiet on the Western Front.
• Cast: James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner, Klaus Löwitsch, Vadim Glowna, Roger Fritz, Dieter Schidor, Burkhard Driest, Fred Stillkrauth, Michael Nowka, Véronique Vendell, Arthur Brauss, Senta Berger, Thomas Braut, Heinz Engelmann, Igor Galo, Katherine Haber, Wolfgang Hess, Adolf Hitler, Sweeney MacArthur, Ivica Pajer, Thomas Piper, Hermina Pipinic, Nedim Prohic, Robert Rietty, Dragomir Stanojevic, Slavko Stimac, Vladan Zivkovic, Sam Peckinpah, Julius J. Epstein, Walter Kelley, James Hamilton, Willi Heinrich
• Director: Sam Peckinpah
• Runtime: 2:08
• Media Format: Movie