Cross of Iron (1977)
• January 29th, 1977 • 2h 12min
Drama, Action, History, War
Overview
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Three Colors: Red
Released on: 1994-05-12
Drama, Mystery, Romance
Part-time model Valentine unexpectedly befriends a retired judge after she runs over his dog. At fir...
Brokeback Mountain
Released on: 2005-10-22
Drama, Romance
In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifel...
All Quiet on the Western Front
Released on: 1930-04-29
Drama, War
When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to...
Wings of Desire
Released on: 1987-09-23
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling populati...
Grandmother Told Grandmother
Released on: 2018-10-07
Documentary, History, War
The little-known story of Ukrainian children torn from their homes in the crush between the Nazi and...
Gandhi
Released on: 1982-12-01
Drama, History
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all w...
Kolya
Released on: 1996-05-15
Drama, Comedy
After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly tak...
Closely Watched Trains
Released on: 1966-11-18
Comedy, Drama, War
At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to...
Persona
Released on: 1966-10-18
Drama
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in al...
Night and Fog
Released on: 1956-01-29
Documentary, History
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
Animal Farm
Released on: 1999-10-03
Drama, Comedy
Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. How...
Judgment at Nuremberg
Released on: 1961-12-18
Drama, History
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal ...
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Released on: 1957-10-11
Drama, History, War
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their J...
Enemy at the Gates
Released on: 2001-02-28
Drama, War, History, Romance
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.
Saving Private Ryan
Released on: 1998-07-24
War, Drama, History
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fou...
They Came to Blow Up America
Released on: 1943-05-07
Drama, War
Based on a true incident that occurred in 1942 when nine Nazi saboteurs were put ashore on the coast...
The Nightingale
Released on: 2027-02-11
Drama, History, War
The lives of two French sisters are torn apart by the onset of World War II.
The English Patient
Released on: 1996-11-14
Drama, Romance, War
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to ch...
8½
Released on: 1963-02-14
Drama
Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by ...
The Pianist
Released on: 2002-09-17
Drama, War
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. Whe...