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Cross of Iron
a.k.a. Steiner - Das eiserne Kreuz Director: Sam Peckinpah Cast: James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner

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  • DVD Release Date: 04/18/2006
  • Original Release: 1976
  • Rating: Rated R
  • Sales Rank: 1,943

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Features

Audio commentary by Stephen Prince, author of "Savage Cinema: Sam Peckinpah and the Rise of Ultraviolent Movies"; photo gallery of German lobby cards; original theatrical trailer.

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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Cross of Iron
1. Start [9:01]
2. Captain Stransky [12:46]
3. A Bitter Introduction [15:30]
4. Too Quiet [10:01]
5. Shell Shock [10:46]
6. Back to the Front [8:24]
7. Fighter Attack [12:13]
8. Tank Assault [13:11]
9. Behind Enemy Lines [12:37]
10. The Long Return [10:39]
11. Demarcation [14:57]
12. End Credits [2:07]

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Editorial Reviews

A quote from Bertolt Brecht ends this bitter and angry war film by Sam Peckinpah: "Do not rejoice in his defeat, you men. For though the world has stood up and stopped the bastard, the bitch that bore him is in heat again." Peckinpah's intense and belligerently non-commercial work, (based on the book by Willi Heinrich), is a World War II tale told from the German perspective, following a platoon of German soldiers in the Russia of 1943, when the German Wehrmacht forces had been decimated and the Germans were retreating along the Russian front. James Coburn is Steiner, a German corporal and recipient of the Iron Cross who feels that he owes his loyalty to his family and fellow soldiers and not to Hitler and the German war machine. But when a new commander, Captain Stransky (Maximillian Schell), takes over the platoon, Steiner and Stransky come into immediate conflict. Stransky is a career soldier, the complete opposite of Steiner, and a man who pledges himself heart and soul to Hitler and the war. But he envies Steiner for having been awarded an Iron Cross and deeply desires one himself. The problem is Stransky is a complete coward and recognizes that the only way he can be awarded an Iron Cross would be to get the bitter Steiner on his side. Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

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Cross of Ironby Anonymous

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May 25, 2007: At the Nuremberg Trials in 1946, Goerring said, and I am summing it up, there is no such thing as a warlike people only warlike leaders. To stifle oppostion all you have to do is question their patriotism. That said, "Cross of Iron" captures what is going through the mind of every soilder in combat: Staying alive, looking out for their comrades, and making it back home. At the end of the film there still photographs which are accurate, but I think they are placed there to keep sympathy for the German soilder from being to great.

Cross of Ironby Anonymous

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August 10, 2005: I don't understand how a movie of this caliber can be allowed to exist in such a poor state on DVD. The Hen's Tooth Video edition is just a transfer of the VHS version. It looks terrible -- i.e. not even decent VHS quality. I hope that the Warner Bros. UK release makes it to North America as it would greatly improve the experience of this film. Pekinpah deserves some respect, Hen's Tooth!

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