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Cross of Iron is a war film set in 1943 about a German platoon that is being overwhelmed by the Russians. The platoon is led by a Prussian officer, Stransky, who is disliked by the non-Nazi German soldier Steiner. Steiner eventually rebels against Stransky and helps the platoon to survive.
Sam Peckinpah's only war film follows the story of a doomed German platoon facing annihilation at the hands of the Russians in 1943. Non-Nazi German soldier Steiner (James Coburn) resents the arrival of arrogant Prussian Stransky (Maximillian Schell) as his new commanding officer. Stransky is...