Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz
(1977)
Regisseur:
Sam PeckinpahSchauspieler:
James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner, Klaus Löwitsch, Vadim Glowna, Roger Fritz, Dieter Schidor, Burkhard Driest, Fred Stillkrauth, Michael Nowka, Arthur Brauss, Senta Berger, Igor Galo, Slavko Štimac, Vladan ŽivkovićAn der Ostfront nimmt 1943 der Trupp von Korporal Steiner eine russische Stellung ein. Er wird zum Feldwebel befördert und Hauptmann Stransky unterstellt, der sich hat versetzen lassen und nach dem Eisernen Kreuz giert. Von den Russen überrollt, muss sich Steiner mit seinen Männern durch die feindlichen Linien schlagen, nimmt eine russische Stellung, die aus Frauen besteht und wird in deren Uniformen von den eigenen Leuten unter Feuer genommen und aufgerieben. Stransky stirbt durch die Hand eines Kindes.
Die Feindschaft zwischen dem illussionslosen Feldwebel Steiner und einem fanatischen, ordensüchtigen Hauptmann in einem Abschnitt der zurückgehenden deutschen Ostfront von 1943.
It is 1943, and the German army, ravaged and demoralised, are hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of all this 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 are 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. Steiner's lack of respect results in a growing animosity between the two...
It is 1943, and the German army, ravaged and demoralised, are hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of all this 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 are 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. Steiner's lack of respect results in a growing animosity between the two...