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The Cross of Iron movie collection revolves around gritty portrayals of soldiers' lives during World War II, with a focus on the Eastern Front.

  • Number of Movies: 2
  • Revenue: $1,509,000

Featured Cast

  1. James Coburn

    James Coburn

    Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner

  2. Richard Burton

    Richard Burton

    Sergeant Steiner

  3. Rod Steiger

    Rod Steiger

    General Webster

  4. Maximilian Schell

    Maximilian Schell

    Hauptmann Stransky

  5. James Mason

    James Mason

    Oberst Brandt

  6. Helmut Griem

    Helmut Griem

    Major Stransky

  7. Klaus Löwitsch

    Klaus Löwitsch

    Krüger, Unteroffizier Krüger

  8. David Warner

    David Warner

    Hauptmann Kiesel

  9. Michael Parks

    Michael Parks

    Sergeant Anderson

  10. Vadim Glowna

    Vadim Glowna

    Gefreiter Kern

  11. Werner Pochath
  12. Robert Mitchum

    Robert Mitchum

    Colonel Rogers

  13. Roger Fritz

    Roger Fritz

    Leutnant Treibig

  14. Dieter Schidor

    Dieter Schidor

    Anselm, Paul Anselm

Featured Crew

May 20, 1977

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.

Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut Griem) orders Sergeant Steiner (Richard Burton) to blow up a railway tunnel to prevent Russian forces from using it. Steiner's platoon fails in its mission by coming up against a Russian tank. Steiner then takes a furlough to Paris just as the Allies launch their invasion of Normandy.

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