Croix de fer

Croix de fer

23.7. 22:00
ČT2
130 minutes
1977
Velká Británie / West Germany Drama / War

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.

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1977
Velká Británie / West Germany Drama / War

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.

Creators

Walter Kelley, Sam Peckinpah, Ernest Gold, Julius J. Epstein, James Hamilton

Cast

Vadim Glowna, Maximilian Schell, James Coburn, Fred Stillkrauth, Adolf Hitler, Arthur Brauss, David Warner, Senta Berger, Robert Rietty, Klaus Löwitsch, James Mason, Ivica Pajer, Roger Fritz, Véronique Vendell, Slavko Štimac, Igor Galo, Sonja Jeannine, Wolfgang Hess, Thomas Braut, Michael Brennicke, Demeter Bitenc, Dieter Schidor, Burkhard Driest, Vladan Živkovič, Michael Nowka, Vladan Živković, Sweeney MacArthur, Dragomir Stanojević, Hermina Pipinić