Plot:

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.

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Actors - Crew

James Coburn
Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner

Maximilian Schell
Hauptmann Stransky

James Mason
Oberst Brandt

David Warner
Hauptmann Kiesel

Klaus Löwitsch
Unteroffizier Krüger

Vadim Glowna
Gefreiter Kern

Sam Peckinpah
Director

Willi Heinrich
Novel

Ernest Gold
Original Music Composer

Tony Lawson
Editor

Wolf C. Hartwig
Producer

Alex Winitsky
Producer

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