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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 DK: 15 FI: K-18 FR: TP GB: 15 GR: 15 IE: 18 NL: 16 NO: 15 SE: 15 US: R
Runtime: 132
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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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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