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Cross of Iron (1977) [R]

Release Date:
January 29, 1977

Original Title:
Cross of Iron

Alternate Titles:
A Cruz de Ferro
A Grande Batalha
Croix de fer
Crucea de fier
Das geduldige Fleisch
Gelezinis kryzius
Gvozdeni krst
Jernkorset - og sergent Steiner
Järnkorset
La cruz de hierro
O sidirous stavros
Sargeant Steiner
Seref madalyasi
Vaskereszt
Zeljezni kriz
Żelazny krzyż
Železný kríž
Železný kříž
Железен кръст
Железный крест
صلیب آهنین
英雄血

Genres:
Action | Drama | History | War

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

Production Countries:
Germany | United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: MA 15+  DE: 16  FR: TP  GB: 15  GR: 15  IE: 18  NL: 16  US: R 

Runtime: 132

On the Eastern front in 1943, the German soldiers no longer had any ideals. They were not fighting for the Party—but for their lives!

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Production

Additional Editing:
Herbert Taschner

Art Direction:
Veljko Despotović
Harold Michelson

Assistant Director:
Bert Batt
Branislav Brana Srdić
Chris Carreras
Mark Winitsky

Assistant Editor:
George Akers

Camera Operator:
Herbert Smith

Co-Producer:
Lothar H. Krischer

Director:
Sam Peckinpah

Director of Photography:
John Coquillon

Editor:
Michael Ellis
Tony Lawson
Murray Jordan

Editorial Services:
Mark Winitsky

First Assistant Camera:
Branko Knez

Grip:
Dennis Fraser

Hairstylist:
Evelyn Döhring

Makeup Artist:
Colin Arthur

Music:
Ernest Gold
John Richards

Music Editor:
Robin Clarke

Novel:
Willi Heinrich

Orchestrator:
Gerard Schurmann

Original Music Composer:
Ernest Gold

Producer:
Wolf C. Hartwig
Alex Winitsky
Arlene Sellers

Production Assistant:
Katherine Haber

Production Design:
Ted Haworth
Brian Ackland-Snow

Production Supervisor:
Dieter Nobbe

Screenplay:
Julius J. Epstein
James Hamilton
Walter Kelley

Script Supervisor:
Trudy von Trotha

Special Effects:
Richard Richtsfeld

Still Photographer:
Lars Looschen

Stunt Coordinator:
Peter Brayham

Stunts:
Milan Mitić

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