DVD 133 mins IMDB 7.5
R (Restricted)
Cross Of Iron
Hen's Tooth (1977)
In Collection
#66

Seen It:
Yes
Action, War
UK  /  English

James Coburn Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
Maximilian Schell Hauptmann Stransky
James Mason Oberst Brandt
David Warner Hauptmann Kiesel
Vadim Glowna Kern
Roger Fritz Leutnant Triebig
Dieter Schidor Anselm
Burkhard Driest Maag
Klaus Löwitsch Unteroffizier Krüger
Fred Stillkrauth Gefreiter Schnurrbart
Michael Nowka Dietz
Véronique Vendell Marga
Arthur Brauss Pg. Zoll
Senta Berger Eva
Igor Galo Leutnant Meyer (uncredited)
Ivica Pajer

Director Sam Peckinpah
Producer Wolf C. Hartwig; Arlene Sellers
Writer Julius J. Epstein; James Hamilton
Cinematography John Coquillon
Musician Ernest Gold; Peter Thomas
User Credit 1 Michael Ellis; Murray Jordan; Tony Lawson

The film opens with a squad of seasoned German soldiers, led by a disillusioned but skilled corporal...

Edition Details
Distributor Henstooth Video
Edition Full Screen
Barcode 759731406529
Region Region 1
Release Date 2/1/2000
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Price $29.99
User Text 2 Men on the front lines of Hell.
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Features
Interactive Menus Photo Gallery Scene Selection

Notes
Also Known As:
Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz (West Germany)

Trivia: The ending wasn't the original ending in the script. At the time the film had run out of money so Sam Peckinpah got James Coburn to improvise. (more)

Goofs: Factual errors: In an already described scene, where Russian soldiers are singing Yugoslav song "Oy Kozaro", there are some more mistakes. The Russian soldiers are all wearing regular Yugoslav People's Army uniforms from the mid '70s, the trucks are model TAM (made in Slovenia for YU army between 1960-75), the registration plates on the trucks are regular registration plates of YU Army. (more)

Quotes:
Captain Stransky: I will show you how a true Prussian officer fights.
Unteroffizier Krüger: Then I will show you, where the Iron Crosses grow.
(more)

Awards: 1 win (more)