Cross Of Iron DVD

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Based on the novel by Will Heinrich Sam Pekinpah&s (The Wild Bunch) only war film is an intense & uncompromising affair that brilliantly reflects both the futility of conflict & the director&s fascination with individuals confronted by events beyond their control A World War II tale told from the German perspective Cross Of Iron follows a platoon of German soldiers in Russia when the German Wehrmacht forces had been decimated & the Germans were retreating along the Russian front Rolf Steiner (James Coburn) is a German corporal & recipient of the Iron Cross who has grown disenchanted with Hitler&s war machine When Captain Stransky (Maximillian Schell) assumes charge the pair are thrown into immediate conflict the autocratic but ultimately cowardly Stransky coveting the loyalty & honour Steiner commands Evocatively shot by John Coquillon (Billy the Kid) in sombre tones to emphasise the horrors of combat the superlative lead performances are matched by David Warner & James Mason as war-weary senior officers Viewed as one of Peckinpah&s most powerful works it&s an unflinching vision of the Second World War