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05/24/03
Cross of Iron (1977)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:10
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.3/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 12 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: A very strong anti-war message film, set during World War II and told entirely from the German perspective. A German Army Sergeant doggedly struggles to keep his platoon intact while surviving the... [More]
Starring: James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, Senta Berger, James Mason
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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06/24/06
Its complex and vivid portrayal of the absurdity of war, however, prompted none other than Orson Welles to write Peckinpah and proclaim it the finest antiwar film he had ever seen.
08/30/06
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06/26/08
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10/18/02
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09/05/03
Peckinpah indulges in endless combat scenes (this was his only war movie), which try the patience of viewers who came for the real story.
02/27/03
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03/16/09
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07/25/05
Cross of Iron would almost seem a proper mea culpa by Peckinpah for his controversial career.
04/17/06
War is hell, but for Peckinpah it's also the sadist's Olympian joke
11/17/09
This war film is also Peckinpah’s last great movie.
03/10/03
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07/30/02
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11/12/02
Not Peckinpah's best, but still powerful.
10/15/04
Mr. Peckinpah's least interesting, least personal film in years, a hysterically elaborate, made-in-Yugoslavia war spectacle, the work of international financiers and a multinational cast.
05/09/05
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