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Action/Adventure - Cross of Iron (Widescreen Special Edition DVD)

Cross of Iron (Widescreen Special Edition DVD)

A quote from Bertolt Brecht ends this bitter and angry war film by Sam Peckinpah: "Do not rejoice in his defeat, you men. For though the world has stood up and stopped the bastard, the bitch that bore him is in heat again."

Peckinpah's intense and belligerently non-commercial work, (based on the book by Willi Heinrich), is a World War II tale told from the German perspective, following a platoon of German soldiers in the Russia of 1943, when the German Wehrmacht forces had been decimated and the Germans were retreating along the Russian front.

James Coburn is Steiner, a German corporal and recipient of the Iron Cross who feels that he owes his loyalty to his family and fellow soldiers and not to Hitler and the German war machine. But when a new commander, Captain Stransky (Maximillian Schell), takes over the platoon, Steiner and Stransky come into immediate conflict. Stransky is a career soldier, the complete opposite of Steiner, and a man who pledges himself heart and soul to Hitler and the war. But he envies Steiner for having been awarded an Iron Cross and deeply desires one himself. The problem is Stransky is a complete coward and recognizes that the only way he can be awarded an Iron Cross would be to get the bitter Steiner on his side. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

SPECIAL FEATURES:
• Audio commentary by film scholar Stephen Prince, author of Savage Cinema
• Original theatrical trailer
• Photo gallery of German lobby cards
• Languages: English, French
• New widescreen 16:9 anamorphic transfer

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ProductID	HEN4102DVD
Discs or Items	1.00 Discs/Items
UPC	759731410229
Format	DVD
REGION CODE	1
Studio	HENSTOOTH VIDEO
Production Year	1976
Country	UK/West Germany
Release Date	4/18/2006
Actors	James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason
Director	Sam Peckinpah
Video	Widescreen; COLOR
Audio	Dolby Digital Stereo
Language	English, French
Stock Level	on order
Price:	$25.67

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