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Cross of Iron

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.

Director

Sam Peckinpah

Year

Genre

drama, action, history, war

Box Office

N/A

Production

Rapid Film,EMI Films,Terra-Filmkunst,Alex Winitsky / Arlene Sellers Productions

Awards

2 wins.

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Unteroffizier Feldwebel (S

Hauptmann (Capt.) Stransky

Maximilian Schell

Oberst (Col.) Brandt

Hauptmann (Capt.) Kiesel

Unteroffizier (Cpl.) KrÃ¼ger

Klaus LÃ¶witsch

Gefreiter (Pvt.) Kern

Leutnant (Lt.) Triebig

Anselm

SchÃ¼tze Maag

Burkhard Driest

Unteroffizier (Cpl.) Schnurrbart ('Private Mustache')

Fred Stillkrauth

Dietz

Marga (as Veronique Vendell)

VÃ©ronique Vendell

Zoll

Eva

Capt. Pucher

Unteroffizier Feldwebel (S / Sgt.) Rolf Steiner (voice)

Oberst (Col.) Brandt (voice)

Heinz Engelmann

Leutnant (Lt.) Meyer

Nurse Sadie Finkelstein

Katherine Haber

Hartwig

Wolf C. Hartwig

SchÃ¼tze Maag (voice)

Self (archive footage)

Boy Soldier

Sweeney MacArthur

Hauptmann (Capt.) Kiesel (voice)

Ruskinja

Hermina Pipinic

German Officer (voice)

Corporal Joseph Keppler(orderly)

Dragomir Stanojevic

Michail

Vladan Zivkovic

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Captain Stransky Unteroffizier Feldwebel (s Hauptmann (capt.) Stransky Unteroffizier Krã¼ger Unteroffizier (cpl.) Schnurrbart ('private Mustache')Leutnant Triebig Unteroffizier Krüger

I stay dirty for a reason - Cross of Iron

I stay dirty for a reason

Stop your fuckin' silly game - Cross of Iron

Stop your fuckin' silly game

This is Regiment 2 headquarters
calling Corporal Steiner - Cross of Iron

This is Regiment 2 headquarters calling Corporal Steiner

Can you pick me up, Steiner? - Cross of Iron

Can you pick me up, Steiner?

Good kill! - Cross of Iron

Quickly! - Cross of Iron

Didn't your Fuhrer say that all class distinctions were to be abolished - Cross of Iron

Didn't your Fuhrer say that all class distinctions were...

Why did you ask to be relieved of duty in France - Cross of Iron

Why did you ask to be relieved of duty in France

Men like him are our last hope - Cross of Iron

Men like him are our last hope

Well, I' II see - Cross of Iron

Well, I' II see

Well, what do you think of
our new captain? - Cross of Iron

Well, what do you think of our new captain?

If they're the last of Steiner
then God help us! - Cross of Iron

If they're the last of Steiner then God help us!

Corporal Schnurrbart - Cross of Iron

Corporal Schnurrbart

You shoot him sir - Cross of Iron

You shoot him sir

I will, on this spot
Then I' II deal with you - Cross of Iron

I will, on this spot Then I' II deal with you

I want to see you in
my bunker, one hour - Cross of Iron

I want to see you in my bunker, one hour

Corporal Steiner? - Cross of Iron

Corporal Steiner?

Your promotion doesn't seem to
have made much of an impression - Cross of Iron

Your promotion doesn't seem to have made much of an imp...

What of your platoon - Cross of Iron

What of your platoon

But I may add that a man is generally what he feels himself to be - Cross of Iron

But I may add that a man is generally what he feels himself...

Yeah, yeah - Cross of Iron

Come on Let's don't
spoil everything - Cross of Iron

Come on Let's don't spoil everything

Have a good party - Cross of Iron

Have a good party

Alright, now Lieutenant Meyer
is to have a meeting with - Cross of Iron

Alright, now Lieutenant Meyer is to have a meeting with

A world without women - Cross of Iron

A world without women

A world without women hm Keppler - Cross of Iron

A world without women hm Keppler

I can assure you of this - Cross of Iron

I can assure you of this

Together!
Now get out of here - Cross of Iron

Together! Now get out of here

Ammunition supply's running low - Cross of Iron

Ammunition supply's running low

Waterproof?
Sure - Cross of Iron

Waterproof? Sure

How is it?
Quiet - Cross of Iron

How is it? Quiet

And von Clausewitz said - Cross of Iron

And von Clausewitz said

And Clausewitz said - Cross of Iron

And Clausewitz said

Do you ever think about
your children? - Cross of Iron

Do you ever think about your children?

Take off one uniform, there's
always another underneath - Cross of Iron

Take off one uniform, there's always another underneath

It's all an accident - Cross of Iron

It's all an accident

Go home, go home! - Cross of Iron

Go home, go home!

Yes, sir! Yes, sir? - Cross of Iron

Yes, sir! Yes, sir?

I need help! - Cross of Iron

Steiner is gone
Triebig is gone - Cross of Iron

Steiner is gone Triebig is gone

And stand by and prepare
a counterattack as quickly as possible - Cross of Iron

And stand by and prepare a counterattack as quickly as possi...

Where's Meyer?
On the wall, sir! - Cross of Iron

Where's Meyer? On the wall, sir!

Captain Stransky - Cross of Iron

Captain Stransky

I'm wounded, sir
Can I continue? - Cross of Iron

I'm wounded, sir Can I continue?

Very good
Now look at me again - Cross of Iron

Very good Now look at me again

Sergeant! - Cross of Iron

Did you sleep well? - Cross of Iron

Did you sleep well?

Smell? - Cross of Iron

Schnurrbart?
Schnurrbart? - Cross of Iron

Schnurrbart? Schnurrbart?

Hello, soldier? How are you?
Tell me how you feel - Cross of Iron

Hello, soldier? How are you? Tell me how you feel

I want sixty five percent of
these men returned to active duty - Cross of Iron

I want sixty five percent of these men returned to active du...

Everybody looks like someone
else around here - Cross of Iron

Everybody looks like someone else around here

Oh, no, I'm on duty - Cross of Iron

Oh, no, I'm on duty

Do you dance? - Cross of Iron

Rolf, what is it?
What? - Cross of Iron

Rolf, what is it? What?

I thought you were going
back home - Cross of Iron

I thought you were going back home

Is that... ls that what's wrong
with you, Steiner? - Cross of Iron

Is that... ls that what's wrong with you, Steiner?

I said hold it!
I said hold it, right? - Cross of Iron

I said hold it! I said hold it, right?

Rolf! - Cross of Iron

You'd like to believe this is a
private conversation - Cross of Iron

You'd like to believe this is a private conversation

Why do you want it so badly - Cross of Iron

Why do you want it so badly

It's a different question, Sergeant
That's not up to us to judge - Cross of Iron

It's a different question, Sergeant That's not up ...

Where are you going? - Cross of Iron

Where are you going?

The others? - Cross of Iron

God, listen to me
We're going to leave now - Cross of Iron

God, listen to me We're going to leave now

I don't ever want to be
alone again - Cross of Iron

I don't ever want to be alone again

How was hospital? - Cross of Iron

How was hospital?

To my mind there is nothing
more contemptible than - Cross of Iron

To my mind there is nothing more contemptible than

Would it be possible for me to give
my answer in three or four days sir? - Cross of Iron

Would it be possible for me to give my answer in three or fo...

What do I have to be
grateful for, Captain? - Cross of Iron

What do I have to be grateful for, Captain?

I hate all officers, all the
Stranskys, all the Triebigs - Cross of Iron

I hate all officers, all the Stranskys, all the Triebigs

Yes, it was as bad as that
I'm very sorry to hear - Cross of Iron

Yes, it was as bad as that I'm very sorry to hear

Well? - Cross of Iron

Calling Regiment - Cross of Iron

Calling Regiment

B company, can you hear me? - Cross of Iron

B company, can you hear me?

Can you hear me?
Kruger! - Cross of Iron

Can you hear me? Kruger!

Move! Down the tunnel! Out! - Cross of Iron

Move! Down the tunnel! Out!

On the tracks
Put them on the tracks - Cross of Iron

On the tracks Put them on the tracks

Get into the factory!
Over to the factory! - Cross of Iron

Get into the factory! Over to the factory!

Hurry, coming in from
both sides - Cross of Iron

Hurry, coming in from both sides

Anselm, dynamite!
It's coming in! - Cross of Iron

Anselm, dynamite! It's coming in!

We' II never get over
this, this road - Cross of Iron

We' II never get over this, this road

Come, move it, move it! - Cross of Iron

Come, move it, move it!

The cattle cars or whatever
they're sending are due to - Cross of Iron

The cattle cars or whatever they're sending are due to

You, too - Cross of Iron

What will we do when we have lost the war - Cross of Iron

What will we do when we have lost the war

What will we do when
we lose the war? - Cross of Iron

What will we do when we lose the war?

Do you think he' II
get through? - Cross of Iron

Do you think he' II get through?

What is it?
Bridge - Cross of Iron

What is it? Bridge

It's a game
Game? - Cross of Iron

It's a game Game?

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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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Director: Sam Peckinpah

Writer: Julius J. Epstein (screenplay), Walter Kelley (screenplay), James Hamilton (screenplay), Willi Heinrich (based on the book by)

Production: Rapid Film,EMI Films,Terra-Filmkunst,Alex Winitsky / Arlene Sellers Productions

Genre: drama, action, history, war

Year: 1977

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 20 May 1977

Awards: 2 wins.

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