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.
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War Actors: Arthur Brauss, Burkhard Driest, David Warner, Demeter Bitenc, Dieter Schidor, Dragomir Stanojević, Fred Stillkrauth, Hermina Pipinić, Igor Galo, Irfan Mensur, James Coburn, James Mason, Katherine Haber, Klaus Löwitsch, Maximilian Schell, Michael Nowka, Robert Rietti, Roger Fritz, Senta Berger, Slavko Štimac, Sweeney MacArthur, Vadim Glowna, Véronique Vendell, Wolf C. Hartwig, Wolfgang Hess Directors: Sam Peckinpah Production: Alex Winitsky / Arlene Sellers Productions, EMI Films, Rapid Film, Terra-Filmkunst
