Cross of iron
(DVD)

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Contributors
Sellers, Arlene. Producer
Winitsky, Alex. Producer
Epstein, Julius J., 1909-2000. Screenwriter
Kelley, Walter. Screenwriter
Hamilton, James. Screenwriter
Published
[München] : [Las Cruces, NM] : Rapid Film ; Distributed by Hen's Tooth Video, [2006].
Edition
Widescreen special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
On Shelf
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Action and adventure films.
Cowardice -- Drama.
Eastern Front (World War (1939-1945))
Feature films.
German fiction -- Film adaptations.
Germany.
Historical films.
Iron Cross -- Drama.
Soldiers -- Germany -- Drama.
War films.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.

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Published
[München] : [Las Cruces, NM] : Rapid Film ; Distributed by Hen's Tooth Video, [2006].
Format
DVD
Edition
Widescreen special ed.
Language
English

Notes

General Note
Based on the book by Willi Heinrich.
General Note
Originally produced as an Anglo-German motion picture in 1977.
General Note
Special features: Original theatrical trailer (4 min.); Stephen Prince commentary [audio feature]; Lobby card gallery.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, John Coquillon ; edited by Tony Lawson and Michael Ellis ; production designers, Ted Haworth, Brian Ackland Snow ; music composed and conducted by Ernest Gold ; special effects, Richard Richtsfeld, Helmut Klee ; military consultants, A.D. Schrodek, Claus Von Trotha.
Participants/Performers
James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner, Klaus Löwitsch, Vadim Glowna, Roger Fritz, Dieter Schidor, Burkhard Driest, Fred Stillkraut, Michael Nowka, Veronique Vendell, Arthur Brauss, Senta Berger.
Description
"Cross of Iron" follows a platoon of retreating German soldiers on the post-Stalingrad Eastern Front in 1943, as they are overrun in a Soviet armored assault and trapped behind enemy lines. Sgt. Steiner is a bitter but resourceful vet whose only concern is for his men. Captain Stransky is a smug wealthy Prussian aristocrat who yearns to win the Iron Cross and will stop at nothing--short of actually exposing himself to combat--to get it. During an attack on their compound Stransky cowers in the bunker, but reports that he led the counterattack. Steiner refuses to confirm that to the colonel, so Stransky schemes to eliminate the platoon by leaving them stranded on the field. For Steiner and his men, there are no illusions--just the dim hope of helping each other to somehow survive the carnage.
Target Audience
MPAA Rating: Rated R.
System Details
DVD; Region 1; Dolby digital sound; anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.78:1.
Language
In English or dubbed French.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Sellers, A., Winitsky, A., Epstein, J. J., Kelley, W., Hamilton, J., Peckinpah, S., Coburn, J., Schell, M., Mason, J., Warner, D., Löwitsch, K., Glowna, V., Fritz, R., Schidor, D., Driest, B., Stillkrauth, F., Nowka, M., Vendell, V., Brauss, A., Berger, S., & Heinrich, W. (2006). Cross of iron (Widescreen special ed.). Rapid Film ; Distributed by Hen's Tooth Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Arlene. Sellers et al.. 2006. Cross of Iron. [München] : [Las Cruces, NM]: Rapid Film ; Distributed by Hen's Tooth Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Arlene. Sellers et al.. Cross of Iron [München] : [Las Cruces, NM]: Rapid Film ; Distributed by Hen's Tooth Video, 2006.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Sellers, A., Winitsky, A., Epstein, J. J., Kelley, W., Hamilton, J., Peckinpah, S. and Coburn, J. et al (2006). Cross of iron. Widescreen special ed. [München] : [Las Cruces, NM]: Rapid Film ; Distributed by Hen's Tooth Video.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Sellers, Arlene., et al. Cross of Iron Widescreen special ed., Rapid Film ; Distributed by Hen's Tooth Video, 2006.

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