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Cross of Iron

Duration: 2 hours, 7 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

A group of disillusioned German soldiers are trapped in a hopeless struggle on the Russian front in 1943.

One sergeant is a cynical warrior, tired of fighting for a government he doesn't support and desperate for peace, but one of his compatriots is obsessed with traditional values of glory, and will stop at nothing to win an Iron Cross, the highest German military honour. Show less

Contributors

Sergeant Steiner:
James Coburn
Captain Stransky:
Maximilian Schell
Colonel Brandt:
James Mason
Captain Kiesel:
David Warner
Sister Eva:
Senta Berger
Schütze Maag:
Burkhard Driest
Corporal Krüger:
Klaus Lowitsch
Director:
Sam Peckinpah

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