Cross of Iron — Official Trailer

Synopsis

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…

Cast & Crew

Directed by Sam Peckinpah

• James Coburn
  as Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
• Maximilian Schell
  as Hauptmann Stransky
• James Mason
  as Oberst Brandt
• David Warner
  as Hauptmann Kiesel
• Klaus Löwitsch
  as Unteroffizier Krüger
• Vadim Glowna
  as Gefreiter Kern

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