Alternate versions for
Cross of Iron (1977) More at IMDbPro »

• VCD (Video CD) by Ocean Shores is 133 minute R Rated version. Featuring some extra profanity and brutality.
  
  
• A long out-of-print version released on VHS in 1982 on the Nostalgia Merchant label claims to be a 143 minutes version (the back cover says so). Unfortunately it is the common 132 minutes version. A 143 minutes version does not exist.
  
  
• The 2000 U.S. DVD release from Henstooth Video is the uncut 132 minute version but has been ported from a PAL VHS tape and thus incorporates the 4% speed-up of the PAL system resulting in a 127 minute long film.
  
  
• The U.S. distributor cut the film to 119 minutes for domestic release. The international release was the uncut 132 minute version that is the most common version available today.
  
  
• Two versions were also released in Germany, running 122 and 133 min.
  
  
• There exist several different versions in Germany (TV and video) which are all cut to reduce violence.
  
  

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