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Cross of Iron (1977) More at IMDbPro »

Colonel Brandt: What will we do when we have lost the war?
Captain Kiesel: Prepare for the next one.

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Captain Kiesel: Steiner... is a myth. Men like him are our last hope... and in that sense, he is a truly dangerous man.

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Captain Stransky: I will show you how a true Prussian officer fights.
Unteroffizier Krüger: Then I will show you, where the Iron Crosses grow.

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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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Kern: Do you believe in God, Sergeant?
Sargeant Steiner: I believe God is a sadist, but probably doesn't even know it.

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Leutnant Triebig: It was all Stransky's orders! I hadn't no part in it!

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Colonel Brandt: Why did you ask to be relieved of duty in France?
Captain Stransky: I want to get the Iron Cross.
Colonel Brandt: [reaching into his pockets] We can give you one of mine.

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Unteroffizier Krüger: I stay dirty for a reason. If you've been in the field as long as I've been, you'd know why.
Sargeant Steiner: Explain.
Unteroffizier Krüger: Natural body oils, combined with dirt, can keep you waterproof.

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Captain Stransky: Who is this?
Sargeant Steiner: Corporal Schnurrbart, sir.
Captain Stransky: And the other one?
Sargeant Steiner: That is a Russian prisoner, sir.

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Sargeant Steiner: You shoot him... sir.
Captain Stransky: I will... on the spot.

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Captain Stransky: A world without women. It's an old theory of mine. Men can get along without women easily. Easily. I tell you a man's true destiny is not just breeding children, all this childbirth and chocolate, but to be free. To rule and to fight. In other words: to lead a man's existence. Women are no more than a nuisance. Sometimes necessary.

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Unteroffizier Krüger: This isn't a brothel. This is a war!

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