Cross of Iron [Blu-ray]

Cross of Iron [Blu-ray]

Director: Sam Peckinpah Cast: James Coburn
James Coburn
, Maximilian Schell
Maximilian Schell
, James Mason
James Mason
, David Warner
David Warner
Sam Peckinpah
Cross of Iron [Blu-ray]

Cross of Iron [Blu-ray]

Director: Sam Peckinpah Cast: James Coburn
James Coburn
, Maximilian Schell
Maximilian Schell
, James Mason
James Mason
, David Warner
David Warner
Sam Peckinpah

Blu-ray (Subtitled)

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Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date: 10/23/2018
UPC: 0759731711227
Original Release: 1976
Rating: R
Source: Henstooth Video
Region Code: A
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Language: English
Time: 2:13:00
Sales rank: 1,126

Special Features

Audio Commentary by Film Scholar Stephen Prince, Author of Savage Cinema Plus 110 minutes of bonus materials including: Passion & Poetry - Sam Peckinpah's War (42 min); On location interviews with Sam Peckinpah, James Coburn, Maxmillian Schell; James Mason & David Warner; Kruger Kisses Kern ; Letters from Vadim & Sam; Vadim & Sam-Father & Son; Cutting Room Floor; Mike's Home Video; Steiner & Kiesel Meet Again; German Trailer ; US TV Spot; US Trailer; Steiner in Japan

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
James Coburn Unteroffizier Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
Maximilian Schell Hauptmann Stransky
James Mason Oberst Brandt
David Warner Kiesel
Roger Fritz Triebig
Senta Berger Sister Eva
Fred Stillkrauth Schnurrbart
Burkhard Driest Maag,Maag
Vadim Glowna Kem
Dieter Schidor Anselm
Michael Nowka Dietz
Veronique Vendell Marga
Arthur Brauss Zoll
Slavko Stimac Mikael
Klaus Löwitsch Unteroffizier Krüger
Igor Galo Leutnant Meyer
Sweeney MacArthur Boy Soldier
Ivica Pajer Actor
Nedim Prohic Actor
Thomas Braut Unteroffizier Feldwebel (S/Sgt.) Rolf Steiner
Heinz Engelmann Oberst (Col.) Brandt
Katherine Haber Nurse Sadie Finkelstein
Wolfgang Hess Schütze Maag
Thomas Piper Hauptmann (Capt.) Kiesel
Hermina Pipinic Ruskinja
Demeter Bitenc Capt. Pucher
Robert Rietty German Officer
Dragomir Stanojevic Corporal Joseph Keppler
Ernest Gold Conductor,Composer
Klaus Lowitsch Actor

Technical Credits
Sam Peckinpah Director
Walter Kelley Screenwriter
Julius J. Epstein Screenwriter
Richard Richtsfeld Special Effects
Arlene Sellers Executive Producer,Producer
Wolfgang Hartwig Producer,Producer,Executive Producer
Alex Winitsky Executive Producer,Producer
James Hamilton Screenwriter
Lew Grade Executive Producer
Robin Cutteridge Special Effects
Peter Brayham Stunts
Herbert Taschner Sound Effects
Herbert Asmodi Screenwriter
Helmut Klee Special Effects
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