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 enlarge | Director: Sam Peckinpah
Actors: James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner, Klaus Löwitsch
Studio: Henstooth Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  162 reviews
Sales Rank: 30160
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Special Edition, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), German (Original Language), Russian (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 119 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 4.8 x 0.6
MPN: D4102D
UPC: 759731410229
EAN: 0759731410229
ASIN: B000E5N63Y
Theatrical Release Date: 1976
Release Date: April 18, 2006
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An under-rated classic. May 28, 1999
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Excellent, brilliantly ironic and under appreciated Peckinpah war movie, told from the German side, that surpasses "Saving Private Ryan." Coburn is on top form as disillusioned German: Sergeant Stiener and is given strong support from medal hunting officer, Schell and lost cause General Mason. As you would expect from a Peckinpah film, its very bloody with lots of slow motion shots of men dying, with brilliantly staged battle scenes. It goes on rather too long, but the film covers a lot of aspects about war, including, homosexuality between the soldiers, the dangers of glory hunting and the use of children to fight. The script starts and ends with bitter irony, with German children singing a nursery rhyme and successfully displays the futility of war, without the use of overblown dialogue and clichéd characters that ruined, (for me, anyway), "Saving Private Ryan." What IS truly remarkable is that the characters engage our sympathies, despite being the enemy!
 A classic war film. April 20, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Finally a film from the german perspective made in the US. Most Directors are affraid to do this and I give Peckinpah a thumbs up for this great movie. The action is realistic. I really wish that we could have seen the directors cut of it. Don't you?
Great for the history buff April 7, 1999
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
A very realistic portrayal of life on the Eastern Front for a group of German soldiers in fall of 1943. Splendid performances by James Coburn and Max Schell add interest to the gray pall of death and destruction as viewed by the average German "landser". Military history buffs will appreciate the attention to detail paid to the living quarters, munitions and combat dress of the German soldiers. Combat scenes are disgustingly realistic and the film leaves you with a taste of the utter hopelessness that all foot soldiers must sense when fighting in a protracted conflict. Many questions are left unanswered by the script which tends to add to the overall value of the production. Overall, highly recommended for students of history and war...definately not for casual viewing.
Goldmine picture for any military historian April 5, 1999
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you are tired of the old US and English made war movies where one platoon uproots the entire axis front(s), and are willing to see the entire spectrum of the men on the font lines, this is a must see.
War is Hell April 4, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Father son bonding at it's best. My Dad took me to see this movie when I was 15 after endless pleading. At that time it had a R rating, and it was one of the best movies I'd ever seen. This movie captures the reality that war is about the men on the ground who get caught up in the political fantasies of their leaders and survival is dependent often on your primitive best. James Corbun as Sgt. Steiner is very believeable as the NonCommissionOfficer who loves his men, their survival and the accomplishment of the mission. Max Shell as the pompous commander who is only interested in his own survival and his status back home gets what he desevres in the end. 21 years later and a senior NCO in the US Army seeing Cross of Iron is the reminder that politicans start wars fathers, husbands, and sons fight them.
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