Wirehead2ACR
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I just finished watching Cross of Iron for I think the 4th time ever. And I have to rate this a 4 out of 5 star movie.
It is made by Sam Peckinpah(sp?) and starred James Coburn, Maximillian Schell, James Mason, and David Warner.
It was POV of the lowly squad of german infantry lead by Sgt Steiner (Coburn) on the Eastern Front in WWII and it is VERY gritty and violent, yet does not become an apologia for the Nazi's. It shows in a rather even handed way that BOTH sides were capable of and having commited atrocities within the confines of the average soldiers of that era and particular portion of the conflict.
The battle scenes are reasonably realistic and you are drawn into the characters, heroic or not.
I think this is one of the finest war movies almost on par with "The Longest Day", "Band of Brothers", and "Firebase Gloria"
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It is made by Sam Peckinpah(sp?) and starred James Coburn, Maximillian Schell, James Mason, and David Warner.
It was POV of the lowly squad of german infantry lead by Sgt Steiner (Coburn) on the Eastern Front in WWII and it is VERY gritty and violent, yet does not become an apologia for the Nazi's. It shows in a rather even handed way that BOTH sides were capable of and having commited atrocities within the confines of the average soldiers of that era and particular portion of the conflict.
The battle scenes are reasonably realistic and you are drawn into the characters, heroic or not.
I think this is one of the finest war movies almost on par with "The Longest Day", "Band of Brothers", and "Firebase Gloria"
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