🎬 Drama, Action, History, War

Cross of Iron

"On the Eastern front in 1943, the German soldiers no longer had any ideals. They were not fighting for the Party—but for their lives!"

⭐ 7.1/10 1977 2h 13m Dir. Sam Peckinpah
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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.

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7.1/10 480 votes

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Year
1977
Runtime
2h 13m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.1/10
Votes
480
Genre
Drama, Action, History, War
Director
Language
EN
Budget
$6.0M

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎭 Action 🎭 History 🎭 War 🎬 Sam Peckinpah 👤 James Coburn 👤 Maximilian Schell 👤 James Mason
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Cross of Iron has a runtime of 2h 13m (2 hours and 13 minutes).
Cross of Iron was directed by Sam Peckinpah and released in 1977.
Cross of Iron is a Drama, Action, History, War film (1977).
The cast of Cross of Iron includes James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner, Klaus Löwitsch.
Cross of Iron has a TMDB rating of 7.1/10 based on 480 votes.

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