Cross of Iron
It is 1943, and the German army, ravaged and demoralised, are hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of all this 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 are 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. Steiner’s lack of respect results in a growing animosity between the two…
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Director: Bert Batt, Branislav Brana Srdić, Chris Carreras, Mark Winitsky, Sam Peckinpah, Trudy von Trotha
Actors: Burkhard Driest, David Warner, Dieter Schidor, Fred Stillkrauth, James Coburn, James Mason, Klaus Löwitsch, Maximilian Schell, Roger Fritz, Vadim Glowna
Country: UK, West Germany
