Cross of Iron

Name: Cross of Iron
Genre: Drama, War
Released: May 20, 1977
Duration: 132 min
Rating: 64
Cast: Burkhard Driest, David Warner, Dieter Schidor, Fred Stillkrauth, James Coburn

1977

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Constantin Film | Release Date: May 20, 1977 | R

Starring: Burkhard Driest, David Warner, Dieter Schidor, Fred Stillkrauth, James Coburn, James Mason, Klaus Löwitsch, Maximilian Schell, Roger Fritz, Vadim Glowna

Summary: German commander Hauptmann Stransky (Maximilian Schell) places a squad in extreme danger after Sergeant Rolf Steiner (James Coburn) refuses to lie for him.

Director: Sam Peckinpah

Genre(s): Drama, War

Rating: R

Runtime: 132 min

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The Telegraph Rachel Ward

Samuel Peckinpah drank four bottles of whisky a day while filming his only war movie, but clearly it did nothing to diminish the power of his last masterpiece, related from the viewpoint of a German platoon retreating from the Russian front in 1943. [05 Apr 2014, p.33]

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Sombre and claustrophobic photography, an intelligent script, and Peckinpah's clear understanding of a working platoon of men, are all far removed from the monotonous simplicity of most big-budget war films. Read full review

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Cross of Iron more than anything else affirms director Sam Peckinpah's prowess as an action filmmaker of graphic mayhem. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

CROSS OF IRON is anything but a standard WWII movie, especially compared to its mythicizing contemporaries. Shot superbly by cinematographer Coquillon, the film shows war as hideously brutal, inglorious, and insane. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Philip French

James Mason as the commanding officer and David Warner as his adjutant are both first rate, as are Coburn and Schell. This was Peckinpah's last important work and his only war movie. Read full review

Eric Henderson

Cross of Iron would almost seem a proper mea culpa by Peckinpah for his controversial career, and the pre-Dogville closing credit sequence featuring a risible, anti-patriotic photo slideshow reveals a director still capable of new and inventive provocation tactics. Read full review

Vincent Canby

Cross of Iron is Mr. Peckinpah's least interesting, least personal film in years, a hysterically elaborate, made-in-Yugoslavia war spectacle, the work of international financiers and a multinational cast, most of whom are supposed to be Germans although they sound like delegates to an international PEN convention. Read full review

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