Cross of Iron
Cross of Iron

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In 1943, on the Russian front, decorated leader Rolf Steiner (James Coburn) is promoted to Sergeant after another successful mission. Meanwhile, upper-class arrogant Prussian Captain Hauptmann Stransky (Maximilian Schell) 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 (Igor Galo), who dies in combat, the coward Stransky claims that he led his squad against the Russian and req... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Cross of Iron:

James Coburn
Maximilian Schell
James Mason
David Warner
Klaus Löwitsch
Vadim Glowna

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In 1943, on the Russian front, decorated leader Rolf Steiner (James Coburn) is promoted to Sergeant after another successful mission. Meanwhile, upper-class arrogant Prussian Captain Hauptmann Stransky (Maximilian Schell) 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 (Igor Galo), who dies in combat, the coward Stransky claims that he led his squad against the Russian and requests to be awarded with the Iron Cross to satisfy his personal ambition together with that of his aristocratic family. Stransky gives the names of Steiner and of the homosexual Lieutenant Triebig (Roger Fritz) as witnesses of his accomplishment, but Steiner, who has problems with the Army's chain of command and with Stransky's arrogance, refuses to participate in the fraud. When Colonel Brandt (James Mason) 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 have to fight to survive.

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The Telegraph - 8/10 by Rachel WardCross of Iron is a WWII movie seen through the eyes of German protagonists. Incredible montage sequences and another parable about Peckinpah’s embattled position within the film industry can be found within.
CinePassion - 8/10 by Fernando F. CroceWar is hell, but for Peckinpah it's also the sadist's Olympian joke
Observer (UK) - 7/10 by Philip FrenchJames Mason as the commanding officer and David Warner as his adjutant are both first rate, as are Coburn and Schell. This was Peckinpah's last important work and his only war movie.
The Guardian - 6/10 by Alex Von TunzelmannCross of Iron is an atmospheric, unflinching tale of the German retreat, though its sedate pace holds it back from greatness.
Kansas City Kansan - 6/10 by Steve CrumNot Peckinpah's best, but still powerful.
Slant Magazine - 6/10 by Eric HendersonCross of Iron would almost seem a proper mea culpa by Peckinpah for his controversial career, and the pre-Dogville closing credit sequence featuring a risible, anti-patriotic photo slideshow reveals a director still capable of new and inventive provocation tactics.
New York Times - 3/10 by Vincent CanbyCross of Iron is Mr. Peckinpah's least interesting, least personal film in years, a hysterically elaborate, made-in-Yugoslavia war spectacle, the work of international financiers and a multinational cast, most of whom are supposed to be Germans although they sound like delegates to an international PEN convention.
User Review - 10/10 by Jeff SVery gritty and realiatic. The action behind the main characters is as interesting as the mains themselves.
User Review - 10/10 by Antoine BTout simplement indispensable de voir un film aussi grand et puissant.
User Review - 10/10 by Sean COne of the grittiest war movies ever made and a great exploration of what makes men fight, how they resist the hells of war, and most disturbingly how morale breaks down.

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