Cross of Iron (1977)

In 1943, in the Russian front, the decorated leader Rolf Steiner is promoted to Sergeant after another successful mission. Meanwhile the upper-class and arrogant Prussian Captain Hauptmann Stransky is assigned as the new commander of his squad. After a bloody battle of Steiner's squad against the Russian troops led by the brave Lieutenant Meyer that dies in the combat, the coward Stransky claims that he led his squad against the Russian and requests to be awarded with the Iron of Cross to satisfy his personal ambition together with his aristocratic family. Stransky gives the names of Steiner and of the homosexual Lieutenant Triebig as witnesses of his accomplishment, but Steiner, who has problems with the chain of command in the army and with the arrogance of Stransky, refuses to participate in the fraud. When Colonel Brandt gives the order to leave the position in the front, Stransky does not retransmit the order to Steiner's squad, and they are left alone surrounded by the enemy and having to fight to survive.

Original Title : CROSS OF IRON

Director(s) : Sam Peckinpah

Writer(s) : Julius J Epstein (screenplay) (as Julius Epstein) and, Walter Kelley (screenplay) &, James Hamilton (screenplay), , Willi Heinrich (novel)

Genre(s) : Drama,War

Length : 2 hs 12 minYear : 1977Langage : English (United States)Coulor : ColorRatio : 1.66 : 1French Release : 2015-09-23US Release : 1977-05-20

Aka(s) :
(original title) - Cross of Iron
Argentina - La cruz de hierro
Australia - Cross of Iron
Austria - Das geduldige Fleisch(Alternative Title)
Belgium - Steiner(Dutch)
Brazil - A Cruz de Ferro

Brazil - Cruz de Ferro
Bulgaria - Железен кръст
Canada - Cross of Iron
Canada - Croix de fer
Croatia - Zeljezni kriz
Czech Republic - Železný kříž
Denmark - Jernkorset - og sergent Steiner
Ecuador - Cross of Iron
Estonia - Raudrist
Finland - Rautaristi
Finland - Järnkorset
France - Croix de fer
Germany - Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz
Greece - Ο Σιδηρούς Σταυρός
Hungary - Vaskereszt
Italy - La croce di ferro
Japan - Sensô no harawata
Japan - 戦争のはらわた
Lithuania - Gelezinis kryzius
Mexico - La cruz de hierro
Norway - Jernkorset
Poland - Żelazny krzyż
Portugal - A Grande Batalha
Romania - Crucea de fier
Serbia - Gvozdeni krst
Slovakia - Železný kríž
Soviet Union - Железный крест
Spain - La cruz de hierro
Spain - La creu de ferro
Sweden - Järnkorset
Thailand - Cross of Iron
Turkey - Şeref madalyası
United Kingdom - Cross of Iron
United States - Cross of Iron
United States - Sargeant Steiner
West Germany - Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz

Actors :
James Coburn Unteroffizier Feldwebel (Sgt) Rolf Steiner
Maximilian Schell Hauptmann (Capt) Stransky
James Mason Oberst (Col) Brandt
David Warner Hauptmann (Capt) Kiesel
Klaus Löwitsch Unteroffizier (Cpl) Krüger
Vadim Glowna Gefreiter (Pvt) Kern
Roger Fritz Leutnant (Lt) Triebig
Dieter Schidor Anselm
Burkhard Driest Schütze Maag
Fred Stillkrauth Unteroffizier (Cpl) Schnurrbart ('Private Mustache') (as Fred Stillkraut)
Michael Nowka Dietz
Véronique Vendell Marga (as Veronique Vendell)
Arthur Brauss Zoll
Senta Berger Eva
Demeter Bitenc Capt Pucher (uncredited)
Thomas Braut Unteroffizier Feldwebel (S /Sgt) Rolf Steiner (voice) (uncredited)
Heinz Engelmann Oberst (Col) Brandt (voice) (uncredited)
Igor Galo Leutnant (Lt) Meyer (uncredited)
Katherine Haber Nurse Sadie Finkelstein (uncredited)
Wolf C Hartwig Hartwig (uncredited)
Wolfgang Hess Schütze Maag (voice) (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sweeney MacArthur Boy Soldier (uncredited)
Irfan Mensur Partizan soldier (uncredited)
Ivica Pajer (uncredited)
Hermina Pipinic Ruskinja (uncredited)
Nedim Prohic (uncredited)
Robert Rietty German Officer (voice) (uncredited)
Dragomir Stanojevic Corporal Joseph Keppler (orderly) (uncredited)
Slavko Stimac Michail (uncredited)
Vladan Zivkovic (uncredited)

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