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German commander Hauptmann Stransky places a squad in extreme danger after Sergeant Rolf Steiner refuses to lie for him.
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Unteroffizier Feldwebel (Sgt.) Rolf Steiner
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Hauptmann (Capt.) Stransky
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Oberst (Col.) Brandt
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Hauptmann (Capt.) Kiesel
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Unteroffizier (Cpl.) Krüger
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Gefreiter (Pvt.) Kern
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Leutnant (Lt.) Triebig
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Anselm
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Schütze Maag
Fred Stillkrauth ...
Unteroffizier (Cpl.) Schnurrbart ('Private Mustache') (as Fred Stillkraut)
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Dietz
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Marga (as Veronique Vendell)
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Zoll
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Eva
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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Capt. Pucher (uncredited)
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Unteroffizier Feldwebel (S / Sgt.) Rolf Steiner (uncredited) (voice)
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Oberst (Col.) Brandt (uncredited) (voice)
Igor Galo ...
Leutnant (Lt.) Meyer (uncredited)
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Nurse Sadie Finkelstein (uncredited)
Wolf C. Hartwig ...
Hartwig (uncredited)
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Schütze Maag (uncredited) (voice)
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Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Boy Soldier (uncredited)
Irfan Mensur ...
Partizan soldier (uncredited)
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(uncredited)
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Hauptmann (Capt.) Kiesel (uncredited) (voice)
Hermina Pipinic ...
Ruskinja (uncredited)
Nedim Prohic ...
(uncredited)
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German Officer (uncredited) (voice)
Dragomir Stanojevic ...
Corporal Joseph Keppler (orderly) (uncredited)
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Michail (uncredited)
Vladan Zivkovic ...
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Directed by

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Sam Peckinpah

Written by

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Julius J. Epstein ... (screenplay) (as Julius Epstein) and
Walter Kelley ... (screenplay) &
James Hamilton ... (screenplay)
 
Willi Heinrich ... (novel: Das Geduldige Fleisch)

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Pat Duggan ... associate producer (uncredited)
Lew Grade ... executive producer (uncredited)
Wolf C. Hartwig ... producer
Lothar H. Krischer ... co-producer (uncredited)
Arlene Sellers ... producer
Alex Winitsky ... producer

Music by

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Ernest Gold

Cinematography by

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John Coquillon ... director of photography

Editing by

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Michael Ellis
Tony Lawson
Murray Jordan ... (uncredited)
Herbert Taschner ... (uncredited)

Editorial Department

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George Akers ... assistant editor
Pat Brennan ... assistant editor
Ronny Reyer ... assistant editor
Anthony Sloman ... assistant editor (uncredited)
Mark Winitsky ... apprentice editor (uncredited)

Production Design by

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Brian Ackland-Snow ... (as Brian Ackland Snow)
Ted Haworth

Art Direction by

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Veljko Despotovic ... (uncredited)

Makeup Department

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Colin Arthur ... makeup supervisor
Evelyn Döhring ... hair stylist

Production Management

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Dieter Nobbe ... production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Bert Batt ... assistant director
Chris Carreras ... second assistant director
Milos Antic ... assistant director (uncredited)
Clifford C. Coleman ... second assistant director (uncredited)
Branislav Brana Srdic ... assistant director (uncredited)
Mark Winitsky ... third assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Harold Michelson ... illustrator (uncredited)
Robert Tanenbaum ... movie poster artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

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David Hildyard ... sound mixer
Rodney Holland ... sound editor
Ray Merrin ... dubbing mixer
Bill Rowe ... dubbing mixer
Marton Jankov-Tomica ... boom operator (uncredited)
Chris Munro ... sound mixer: second unit (uncredited)
Tommy Staples ... boom operator (uncredited)
Herbert Taschner ... dubbing director: German version (uncredited)

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Sass Bedig ... special effects supervisor
Garth Inns ... special effects
Helmut Klee ... special effects
Richard Richtsfeld ... special effects
Robin Gutteridge ... special effects (uncredited)

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John Speer ... visual effects (uncredited)

Stunts

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Peter Brayham ... stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Milan Mitic ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Tony Breeze ... assistant cameraman
Dennis Fraser ... key grip
Lars Looschen ... stills photographer
Herbert Smith ... camera operator (as Herbie Smith)
Branko Knez ... second assistant cameraman (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Josef Satzinger ... wardrobe supervisor (as Joseph Satzinger)
Babs Gray ... wardrobe mistress (uncredited)

Location Management

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Mladen Cernjak ... assistant location manager (uncredited)

Music Department

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Robin Clarke ... music editor
Ernest Gold ... conductor
John Richards ... music recording engineer
Gerard Schurmann ... orchestration

Script and Continuity Department

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Trudy von Trotha ... script supervisor (as Trudy Von Trotha)

Additional Crew

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Marilyn Clarke ... production secretary
Nat Cohen ... presenter: credited on advertisements only
Stipe Gurdulic ... technical services and facilities supervisor: Jadran Film Zagreb
Katherine Haber ... production assistant to the director
Ron Haeberle ... stills by courtesy of
Tim Page ... stills by courtesy of
A.D. Schrodek ... military consultant (as Major A.D. Schrodek)
Arlene Sellers ... presenter
Claus von Trotha ... military consultant (as Claus Von Trotha)
Alex Winitsky ... presenter
Mike Russell ... publicist (uncredited)

Thanks

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Ron Hosberle ... acknowledgment: archive still photographs provided by
Tim Page ... acknowledgment: archive still photographs provided by

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Plot Summary

In 1943, on the Russian front, decorated leader Rolf Steiner (James Coburn) is promoted to Sergeant after another successful mission. Meanwhile, upper-class arrogant Prussian Captain Hauptmann Stransky (Maximilian Schell) is assigned as the new commander of his squad. After a bloody battle of Steiner's squad against the Russian troops led by the brave Lieutenant Meyer (Igor Galo), who dies in combat, the coward Stransky claims that he led his squad against the Russian and requests to be awarded with the Iron Cross to satisfy his personal ambition together with that of his aristocratic family. Stransky gives the names of Steiner and of the homosexual Lieutenant Triebig (Roger Fritz) as witnesses of his accomplishment, but Steiner, who has problems with the Army's chain of command and with Stransky's arrogance, refuses to participate in the fraud. When Colonel Brandt (James Mason) gives the order to leave the position in the front, Stransky does not retransmit the order to Steiner's squad, and they are left alone, surrounded by the enemy and have to fight to survive. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Also Known As
  • Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz (West Germany)
  • Sargeant Steiner (United States)
  • Croix de fer (France)
  • Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz (Germany)
  • La creu de ferro (Spain, Catalan title)
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  • 132 min
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Budget $6,000,000 (estimated)

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Trivia Filmed in Yugoslavia with money put up by a West German porn producer. See more »
Goofs The Soviet planes that bomb the German trench system are actually U.S. Navy Vought F4U Corsairs. You can even see the U.S. military markings on them. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Breakthrough (1979). See more »
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Crazy Credits The End Credits in the North American BETA/VHS & DVD versions contain the quote: "Don't rejoice in his defeat, you men. For though the world stood up and stopped the bastard,The bitch that bore him is in heat again." Bertolt Brecht See more »
Quotes Colonel Brandt: What will we do when we have lost the war?
Captain Kiesel: Prepare for the next one.
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