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Release Date: 29 January 2007

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Certificate:	18

Cast List:	James Coburn, Sentar Berger, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner

Director:	Sam Peckinpah

Special Features:	None listed.

Region:	Region 2

Aspect Ratio:	Aspect Ratio 16:9

Number of Disks:	1

Main Language:	English

Description

Based on the novel by Willi Heinrich, Sam Peckinpah's (The Wild Bunch) only war film is an intense and uncompromising affair that brilliantly reflects both the futility of conflict and the director's fascination with individuals confronted by events beyond their control.

A World War II tale told from the German perspective, Cross of Iron follows a platoon of German soldiers in Russia when the German Wehrmacht forces had been decimated and the Germans were retreating along the Russian front. Rolf Steiner (James Coburn) is a German corporal and recipient of the Iron Cross who has grown disenchanted with Hitler's war machine. When Captain Stransky (Maximillian Schell) assumes charge, the pair are thrown into immediate conflict, the autocratic but ultimately cowardly Stransky coveting the loyalty and honour Steiner commands.

Evocatively shot by John Coquillion (Billy the Kid) in sombre tones to emphasise the horrors of combat (also evident through a number of devastating set-pieces), the superlative lead performances are matched by David Warner and James Mason as war-weary senior officers. Retrospectively viewed as one of Peckinpah's most powerful works, it's a characteristically unflinching vision.