Cross of Iron (1977)
Directed by Sam Peckinpah · 133 min · Drama, Action, History, War
28.9 TOPICAL score · #3,648 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Cross of Iron (1977, directed by Sam Peckinpah) has a TOPICAL score of 28.9 - ranked 3,648 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on audience and cast, and lowest on awards. Critics: 71% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.3/10 critics' average · Metacritic 64. Audiences: TMDB 7.1/10 (510 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 32 languages.
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- Critics71% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.3/10 critics' average · Metacritic 64
- AudienceTMDB 7.1/10 (510 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 32 languages
- Still read13,597 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: James Coburn (actor #653), Maximilian Schell (actor #608), James Mason (actor #315), David Warner (actor #1,335)