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28 tammikuu 1977 (West Germany)
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The Power of Peckinpah Has Never Been So Real...Or So Brilliant! more
Plot:
In 1943, in the Russian front, the decorated leader Rolf Steiner is promoted to Sergeant after another successful mission...
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1 win
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Gritty Realistic WWII Drama
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Cast
(Credited cast)| James Coburn | ... | Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner | |
| Maximilian Schell | ... | Hauptmann Stransky | |
| James Mason | ... | Oberst Brandt | |
| David Warner | ... | Hauptmann Kiesel | |
| Klaus Löwitsch | ... | Unteroffizier Krüger | |
| Vadim Glowna | ... | Gefreiter Kern | |
| Roger Fritz | ... | Leutnant Triebig | |
| Dieter Schidor | ... | Anselm | |
| Burkhard Driest | ... | Schütze Maag | |
| Fred Stillkrauth | ... | Gefreiter Schnurrbart ('Private Mustache') (as Fred Stillkraut) | |
| Michael Nowka | ... | Dietz | |
| Véronique Vendell | ... | Marga | |
| Arthur Brauss | ... | Pg. Zoll | |
| Senta Berger | ... | Eva | |
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| Robert Rietty | ... | German Officer (voice) | |
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Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz (West Germany)
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Runtime:
132 min | USA:119 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
West Germany:16 |
New Zealand:R18 |
Australia:MA (cable rating) |
Australia:M (alternate rating) |
Australia:R (original rating) |
Finland:K-18 |
France:-12 |
Italy:T |
Norway:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
Singapore:NC-16
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Sgt. Steiner, as an officer at the hospital notes, "has been highly decorated." His awards: the Iron Cross 2nd Class, Iron Cross 1st Class (rarely awarded to enlisted men), the Silver Wound Badge (3 separate times wounded), the Infantry Assault Badge (combat in 3 separate battles) and the rare Gold Close Combat Bar.
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Factual errors: During Sgt Steiner's hospitalization for wounds, he yells from the hospital balcony to a driver below, "Corporal, hold that truck!" However, the rank insignia on the driver's shoulder straps clearly indicates that he is a Senior Sergeant.
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Captain Stransky:
All right. I'll do it. I will show you how a Prussian officer fights.
Sargeant Steiner: And I will show you where the Iron Crosses grow.
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Sargeant Steiner: And I will show you where the Iron Crosses grow.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Steiner - Das eiserne Kreuz, 2. Teil (1979)
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Oh, Du wunderschöner Westerwald
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"Cross of Iron" was Sam Peckinpah's only war movie. It deals with a company of German soldiers retreating through Russia at the close of Hitler's ill-fated Russian campaign. Unusual for a war film, the story is told from the German point of view. Being a Peckinpah film there are explosions and blood-spurting bodies a-plenty. The rough terrain and cramped quarters that the soldiers have to deal with lend well to the declining German fortunes in Russia. As in his other films, notably "The Wild Bunch", Peckinpah utilizes his now famous slow-motion technique to illustrate the violence and show the effects of the destruction. James Coburn stars as the battle wise Sgt. Steiner who has survived the war thus far by his wits. Maximillian Schell plays his aristocratic Captain whose main goal is the pursuit of the Iron Cross, Germany's highest decoration and who will go to any lengths to get it. James Mason is the Company commander and David Warner is his adjutant. Coburn is excellent in the lead who continues to do his duty in spite of the inevitability of impending defeat. Schell is suitably ambitious and cunning as the chief villain and Mason and Warner convey the hopelessness of the situation while maintaining stiff upper lips. "Cross of Iron", in it's uncut version (132 minutes) ranks as one of the greatest of all WWII films in my opinion. One of Peckinpah's best.