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Sam Peckinpah's only war film is a violent and compelling story set on the Russian front in 1943, where war-weary German sergeant James Coburn encounters Maximilian Schell, a Prussian officer out to get the coveted Iron Cross medal at any cost.


Running Time 133 min

1977
             

Alternate Versions for Cross of Iron

European version is 11 minutes longer than the US release. Two versions were also released in Germany, running 122 and 133 min. The North American NTSC version on VHS from Media Home Enertainment  Inc. is 132 mins. long.


Trivia

Coburn remembered the director as a man "who pushed
me over the abyss and then jumped in after me.
He took me on some great adventures".

Filming Locations for Cross of Iron

Yugoslavia

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