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.

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  James Coburn

  Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
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  Maximilian Schell

  Hauptmann Stransky
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  James Mason

  Oberst Brandt
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  David Warner

  Hauptmann Kiesel
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  Klaus Löwitsch

  Unteroffizier Krüger
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  Vadim Glowna

  Gefreiter Kern
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  Roger Fritz

  Leutnant Treibig
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  Dieter Schidor

  Anselm
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  Burkhard Driest

  Schütze Maag
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  Fred Stillkrauth

  Unteroffizier Schnurrbart