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Cross of Iron
Cross of Iron
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733 Ratings

CROSS OF IRON

Directed by Sam Peckinpah
United Kingdom, West Germany, 1977
Action, Drama, War

Synopsis

It is 1943 and the German army, ravaged and demoralized, are hastily retreating from the Russian front. Conflict brews between Corporal Stiener, whose main concerns lie with the safety of his men, and Captain Stransky, who longs for the Iron Cross so he can return to Berlin a hero.

Synopsis

It is 1943 and the German army, ravaged and demoralized, are hastily retreating from the Russian front. Conflict brews between Corporal Stiener, whose main concerns lie with the safety of his men, and Captain Stransky, who longs for the Iron Cross so he can return to Berlin a hero.

Our take

For his only war film, Sam Peckinpah transposed his poetic studies in futility and violence from the American west to the Russian front. Assuming a German perspective, Cross of Iron unflinchingly depicts the tail end of a barbarous campaign and the vicious conflict between its superlative leads.