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Movie · 1977

Cross of Iron

Released 28 January 1977 More from 1977 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

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.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Maximilian Schell
as Hauptmann Stransky
46
Roger Fritz
as Leutnant Treibig
40
Arthur Brauss
as Zoll
40
Burkhard Driest
as Schütze Maag
37
Fred Stillkrauth
as Unteroffizier Schnurrbart
37
Vadim Glowna
as Gefreiter Kern
35
Senta Berger
as Eva
35
Slavko Štimac
as Michail (uncredited)
16
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
30years between the oldest and youngest billed
46Maximilian Schell — oldest on the call sheet
16Slavko Štimac — youngest billed
36average age of the credited cast
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