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Cast
James Coburn | As: Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner | |
Maximilian Schell | As: Hauptmann Stransky | |
James Mason | As: Oberst Brandt | |
David Warner | As: Hauptmann Kiesel | |
Klaus Löwitsch | As: Unteroffizier Krüger |
Storyline
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.
Tagline: | On the Eastern front in 1943, the German soldiers no longer had any ideals. They were not fighting for the Party—but for their lives! |
Certification: | 15 |
Details
Genres: Drama, Action, History, War
Language: Deutsch, English, Français, Pусский
Release Date: 29 January 1977
Country: DE, GB
Runtime: 132m
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Company Credits
Company: Rapid Film, EMI Films, Terra-Filmkunst, Alex Winitsky / Arlene Sellers Productions
Budget: $6,000,000
Revenue: $1,509,000
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Cast
James Coburn |
Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner |
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Maximilian Schell |
Hauptmann Stransky |
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James Mason |
Oberst Brandt |
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David Warner |
Hauptmann Kiesel |
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Klaus Löwitsch |
Unteroffizier Krüger |
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Vadim Glowna |
Gefreiter Kern |
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Roger Fritz |
Leutnant Treibig |
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Dieter Schidor |
Anselm |
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Burkhard Driest |
Schütze Maag |
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Fred Stillkrauth |
Unteroffizier Schnurrbart |
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Michael Nowka |
Dietz |
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Véronique Vendell |
Marga |
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Arthur Brauss |
Zoll |
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Senta Berger |
Eva |
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Demeter Bitenc |
Hauptmann Pucher (uncredited) |
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Igor Galo |
Leutnant Meyer (uncredited) |
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Katherine Haber |
Nurse Sadie Finkelstein (uncredited) |
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Wolf C. Hartwig |
Hartwig (uncredited) |
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Wolfgang Hess |
Schütze Maag (voice) (uncredited) |
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Sweeney MacArthur |
Boy Soldier (uncredited) |
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Irfan Mensur |
Partizan Soldier (uncredited) |
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Hermina Pipinić |
Ruskinja (uncredited) |
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Robert Rietti |
German Officer (voice) (uncredited) |
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Dragomir Stanojević |
Corporal Joseph Keppler (uncredited) |
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Slavko Štimac |
Michail (uncredited) |
Directed By
Sam Peckinpah |
Director |
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Bert Batt |
Assistant Director |
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Branislav Brana Srdić |
Assistant Director |
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Chris Carreras |
Assistant Director |
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Mark Winitsky |
Assistant Director |
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Trudy von Trotha |
Script Supervisor |
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Writing Credits
Willi Heinrich |
Novel |
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Julius J. Epstein |
Screenplay |
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James Hamilton |
Screenplay |
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Walter Kelley |
Screenplay |
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Production Crew
Wolf C. Hartwig |
Producer |
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Arlene Sellers |
Producer |
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Alex Winitsky |
Producer |
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Katherine Haber |
Production Assistant |
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Lothar H. Krischer |
Co-Producer |
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Dieter Nobbe |
Production Supervisor |
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Edited By
Michael Ellis |
Editor |
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Murray Jordan |
Editor |
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Tony Lawson |
Editor |
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Herbert Taschner |
Additional Editing |
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George Akers |
Assistant Editor |
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Mark Winitsky |
Editorial Services |
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Costume and Makeup
Colin Arthur |
Makeup Artist |
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Evelyn Döhring |
Hairstylist |
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Sound
Ernest Gold |
Original Music Composer |
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Ernest Gold |
Music |
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John Richards |
Music |
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Gerard Schurmann |
Orchestrator |
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Robin Clarke |
Music Editor |
Visual Effects
Camera
John Coquillon |
Director of Photography |
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Dennis Fraser |
Grip |
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Lars Looschen |
Still Photographer |
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Herbert Smith |
Camera Operator |
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Branko Knez |
First Assistant Camera |
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Lighting
Art Department
Brian Ackland-Snow |
Production Design |
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Ted Haworth |
Production Design |
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Veljko Despotović |
Art Direction |
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Harold Michelson |
Art Direction |
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Other Crew
Richard Richtsfeld |
Special Effects |
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Peter Brayham |
Stunt Coordinator |
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Milan Mitić |
Stunts |
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