Cross of Iron
1977 · directed by Sam Peckinpah
- Rating
- 71/100
- Hit
- no
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.
Cross of Iron (1977), directed by Sam Peckinpah, rates 71/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- James Coburn
- Maximilian Schell
- James Mason
- David Warner
- Klaus Löwitsch
- Vadim Glowna
- Roger Fritz
- Dieter Schidor
- Burkhard Driest
- Fred Stillkrauth
Crew
- John Coquillon — Director of Photography
- Michael Ellis — Editor
- Murray Jordan — Editor
- Tony Lawson — Editor
- Ernest Gold — Original Music Composer
- James Hamilton — Screenplay
- Julius J. Epstein — Screenplay
- Walter Kelley — Screenplay
- Herbert Asmodi — Writer
More from Sam Peckinpah
- The Wild Bunch (1969) — 96/100 · hit
- The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) — 80/100 · hit
- Ride the High Country (1962) — 80/100 · hit
- Straw Dogs (1971) — 75/100
- Junior Bonner (1972) — 75/100
- Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) — 75/100
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