---
title: 'Cross of Iron (1977)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sam Peckinpah'
released: '1977-01-28'
runtime_minutes: 129
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'Australia'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/cross-of-iron-1977'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074695/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Cross of Iron (1977)

1977 · R · 129 min · Drama, War · United Kingdom, Australia, Germany


## Synopsis

Cross of Iron is a 1977 war film directed by Sam Peckinpah, featuring James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, and David Warner. Set on the Eastern Front in World War II during the Soviets' Caucasus operations against the German Kuban bridgehead on the Taman Peninsula in late 1943, the film focuses on the class conflict between a newly arrived, aristocratic Prussian officer who covets winning the Iron Cross and a cynical, battle-hardened infantry NCO. The screenplay is based on the semi-autobiographical 1955 novel The Willing Flesh by German author Willi Heinrich.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sam Peckinpah](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-peckinpah)
- **Screenplay:** [Julius J. Epstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/julius-j-epstein), [James Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-hamilton)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ernest Gold](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-gold)
- **Producer:** [Wolf C. Hartwig](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolf-c-hartwig)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Coquillon](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-coquillon)

## Cast

- [Klaus Löwitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-lowitsch) as Unteroffizier Krüger
- [Roger Fritz](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-fritz) as Leutnant Triebig
- [Burkhard Driest](https://cinepixo.com/people/burkhard-driest) as Schütze Maag
- [Sonja Jeannine](https://cinepixo.com/people/sonja-jeannine)
- [Igor Galo](https://cinepixo.com/people/igor-galo) as Leutnant Meyer
- [Arthur Brauss](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-brauss) as Schütze Zoll
- [Senta Berger](https://cinepixo.com/people/senta-berger) as Eva
- [Dieter Schidor](https://cinepixo.com/people/dieter-schidor) as Schütze Anselm
- [Michael Nowka](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-nowka) as Schütze Dietz
- [Adolf Hitler](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolf-hitler) as Adolf Hitler
- [Maximilian Schell](https://cinepixo.com/people/maximilian-schell) as Hauptmann Stransky
- [Vadim Glowna](https://cinepixo.com/people/vadim-glowna) as Schütze Kern
- [Hermina Pipinić](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermina-pipinic) as Russian Major
- [James Mason](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-mason) as Oberst Brandt
- [David Warner](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-warner) as Hauptmann Kiesel

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/cross-of-iron-1977
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