Cross of Iron
On the Eastern front in 1943, the German soldiers no longer had any ideals. They were not fighting for the Party—but for their lives!
132 mins
It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous Corporal Steiner. Stransky is the only man who believes that the Third Reich is still vastly superior to the Russian army. However, within his pompous persona lies a quivering coward who longs for the Iron Cross so that he can return to Berlin a hero. Steiner, on the other hand is cynical, defiantly non-conformist and more concerned with the safety of his own men rather than the horde of military decorations offered to him by his superiors.
Michael Nowka
Dietz
Katherine Haber
Nurse Sadie Finkelstein (uncredited)
Wolf C. Hartwig
Hartwig (uncredited)
Sweeney MacArthur
Boy Soldier (uncredited)
Willi Heinrich
Novel
Tony Lawson
Editor
Wolf C. Hartwig
Producer
Alex Winitsky
Producer
John Coquillon
Director of Photography
Murray Jordan
Editor
Arlene Sellers
Producer
Michael Ellis
Editor
James Hamilton
Screenplay
Walter Kelley
Screenplay
Katherine Haber
Production Assistant
Lothar H. Krischer
Co-Producer
Herbert Taschner
Additional Editing
Harold Michelson
Art Direction
Mark Winitsky
Editorial Services
Bert Batt
Assistant Director
Herbert Smith
Camera Operator
John Richards
Music
Branko Knez
First Assistant Camera
Gerard Schurmann
Orchestrator
Richard Richtsfeld
Special Effects
Dennis Fraser
Grip
Milan Mitić
Stunts
Veljko Despotović
Art Direction
Branislav Brana Srdić
Assistant Director
Evelyn Döhring
Hairstylist
Dieter Nobbe
Production Supervisor
Trudy von Trotha
Script Supervisor
Brian Ackland-Snow
Production Design
Ted Haworth
Production Design
Mark Winitsky
Assistant Director
George Akers
Assistant Editor
Lars Looschen
Still Photographer
Robin Clarke
Music Editor