Global InformationCross of Iron information
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| Directed by | Sam Peckinpah |
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| Based on | The Willing Flesh by Willi Heinrich |
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| Cinematography | John Coquillon |
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| Music by | Ernest Gold |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom West Germany |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6,000,000 |
| Box office | $1,509,000[1] |
Cross of Iron (German: Steiner – Das Eiserne Kreuz, lit. "Steiner – The Iron Cross") is a 1977 war film directed by Sam Peckinpah, featuring James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason and David Warner. Set on the Eastern Front in World War II during the Soviets' Caucasus operations against the German Kuban bridgehead on the Taman Peninsula in late 1943, the film focuses on the class conflict between a newly arrived, aristocratic Prussian officer who covets winning the Iron Cross and a cynical, battle-hardened infantry NCO.
An international co-production between British and West German financiers, the film's exteriors were shot on location in Yugoslavia.
- ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 296. ISBN 9780835717762. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada