![]() ![]() But with the German front disintegrating, personal conflicts will merge into a chaotic retreat and improvised rearguard action.Īn adaptation of the 1955 Willi Heinrich book The Willing Flesh, Cross Of Iron is a stunning condemnation of war and an unrelenting front line experience. A Russian assault and German counterattack end with Steiner wounded and sent to a rehabilitation hospital, while Stransky falsely lays claim to the medal, further straining the relationship between the two men. He immediately clashes with Steiner, who does not hide his disdain for the entitled officer class. Stransky is from a privileged background and knows nothing about combat, but covets the Iron Cross for bravery in the field. His commander Colonel Brandt (James Mason) along with the jaded Captain Kiesel (David Warner) give Steiner plenty of leeway, but all this changes when Prussian Captain Stransky (Maximilian Schell) arrives at the front having requested a transfer from France. ![]() Sergeant Steiner (James Coburn) is a legendary and decorated platoon leader, one of the few remaining hopes for some battlefield success. ![]() It's 1943 on the Eastern Front, and on the Crimean Peninsula the German Army is retreating under pressure from Russian forces. A World War Two epic, Cross Of Iron examines German class warfare on the bloody front lines of the global conflict. ![]()
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