Released:
1977-01-29

Overview:
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.

Director:
Sam Peckinpah

Runtime:
2h 12min

Genre:
Drama, Action, History, War

• Cast:
• 
  James Coburn
  as
  Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
• 
  Maximilian Schell
  as
  Hauptmann Stransky
• 
  James Mason
  as
  Oberst Brandt
• 
  David Warner
  as
  Hauptmann Kiesel
• 
  Klaus Löwitsch
  as
  Unteroffizier Krüger