Cross of Iron is an atmospheric, unflinching tale of the German retreat, though its sedate pace holds it back from greatness.
Cross of Iron
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United Kingdom, West Germany · 1977
Rated R · 2h 12m
Director Sam Peckinpah
Starring James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner
Genre Drama, Action, History, War
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It is 1943, and the German army, ravaged and demoralized, are hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of all this madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately cowardly Captain Stransky and the courageous Corporal Steiner.
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Slant Magazine by Eric Henderson
Cross of Iron would almost seem a proper mea culpa by Peckinpah for his controversial career, and the pre-Dogville closing credit sequence featuring a risible, anti-patriotic photo slideshow reveals a director still capable of new and inventive provocation tactics.
Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten
Cross of Iron is a WWII movie seen through the eyes of German protagonists. Incredible montage sequences and another parable about Peckinpah’s embattled position within the film industry can be found within.
The New York Times by Vincent Canby
Cross of Iron is Mr. Peckinpah's least interesting, least personal film in years, a hysterically elaborate, made-in-Yugoslavia war spectacle, the work of international financiers and a multinational cast, most of whom are supposed to be Germans although they sound like delegates to an international PEN convention.
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