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Cross of Iron Movie (1977) Trailer - Plot Synopsis: German commander Hauptmann Stransky places a squad in extreme danger after Sergeant Rolf Steiner refuses to lie for him.

Director : Sam Peckinpah
Writers : Julius J. Epstein, Walter Kelley, James Hamilton
Stars: James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason
Transcript
00:00 In this century of great wars, no other compares to the mammoth struggle between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia.
00:10 From this savage era comes a story so big that only the epic camera of Sam Peckinpah could do justice to its theme.
00:22 As the once invincible German army was hammered back in the year after Stalingrad, survival came to depend on two kinds of soldiers.
00:38 Leaders of men such as Steiner and seekers of glory such as Stransky.
00:50 Why did you ask to be relieved from duty in France?
00:53 I want to get the Iron Cross.
00:56 Steiner is a myth, but men like him are our last hope.
01:02 I firmly don't believe that the ideals of the German soldier, even in such circumstances,
01:08 The German soldier no longer has any ideals. He's fighting for his life.
01:13 If they're the last of us, Stransky and Steiner, then God help us!
01:18 There are orders that no Russian prisoners are to be taken. Get rid of him.
01:23 Not since All Quiet on the Western Front has any film probed the realities of war so deeply.
01:46 Whatever Sam Peckinpah does generates an excitement of its own.
01:53 The need to find love.
02:00 Goodbye.
02:03 And the inner conflict to face death instead.
02:06 Now Sam Peckinpah achieves a new high with Cross of Iron.
02:10 Why do you want it so badly?
02:12 As he looks beyond the mere winning of medals to the meaning of courage itself.
02:17 It's just a piece of worthless metal.
02:20 It's not worthless to me.
02:22 You're not dealing with just another Nazi party type.
02:26 He doesn't live in the same world we live in.
02:28 I know, he's living in my world now.
02:32 They're pulling back to the bridgehead at Kuban.
02:36 No rearguard. Not even Steiner's platoon.
02:41 Regimental headquarters, come in please.
02:45 Stransky, can you hear me?
02:47 All the lines are out.
02:49 You're the only person that stands between Stransky and his Iron Cross.
02:55 Without Steiner to contradict him, he'll get his Iron Cross.
02:59 Stransky in Paris, Steiner, God knows where he'll be.
03:04 Even bigger than the Wild Bunch.
03:07 More exciting than straw dogs and the getaway.
03:10 Now, Sam Peckinpah brings you the most epic story of them all.
03:14 Cross of Iron.
03:17 Leaving without your Iron Cross, Captain?
03:19 I said, where's the rest of your platoon? Sergeant Steiner?
03:24 Captain Stransky, you are the rest of my platoon.
03:29 I'll show you how a Prussian officer can fight.
03:32 Then I will show you how the Iron Crosses grow.
03:37 [explosion]
03:39 [music]
03:42 [music]
03:45 [music]
03:48 [BLANK_AUDIO]