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.
Rapid Film
EMI FilmsTerra-FilmkunstAlex Winitsky / Arlene Sellers ProductionsCrew
Cast
Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
James CoburnHauptmann Stransky
Maximilian SchellOberst Brandt
James MasonHauptmann Kiesel
David WarnerUnteroffizier Krüger
Klaus LöwitschGefreiter Kern
Vadim GlownaLeutnant Treibig
Roger FritzAnselm
Dieter SchidorSchütze Maag
Burkhard DriestUnteroffizier Schnurrbart
Fred Stillkrauth
James CoburnHauptmann Stransky
Maximilian SchellOberst Brandt
James MasonHauptmann Kiesel
David WarnerUnteroffizier Krüger
Klaus LöwitschGefreiter Kern
Vadim GlownaLeutnant Treibig
Roger FritzAnselm
Dieter SchidorSchütze Maag
Burkhard DriestUnteroffizier Schnurrbart
Fred Stillkrauth
