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5.9Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut Griem) orders Sergeant Steiner (Richard Burton) to blow up a railway tunnel to prevent Russian forces from using it. Steiner's platoon fails in its mission by coming up against a Russian tank. Steiner then takes a furlough to Paris just as the Allies launch their invasion of Normandy.
Released: 1979-03-0193 minDir: Andrew V. McLaglenDrama, History, WarPart of: Cross of Iron Collection
Stream on: Cultpix
Cast
- Richard Burton as Sergeant Steiner
- Rod Steiger as General Webster
- Robert Mitchum as Colonel Rogers
- Véronique Vendell as Yvette
- Werner Pochath as Keppel
- Klaus Löwitsch as Krüger
Themes
- assassination
- nazi
- world war ii
- normandy, france
- troops
- sequel
- adolf hitler
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 735010
- Image
- Logo steiner das eiserne kreuz 2.svg
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- publication date
- 1980-11-28
- title
- Steiner – Das Eiserne Kreuz II
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1979 English-language films1979 films1979 German films1979 German-language films1979 war filmsConstantin Film filmsEnglish-language German filmsEnglish-language war filmsFilms about the 20 July plotFilms about the Western Front (World War II)Films directed by Andrew McLaglenFilms scored by Peter Thomas (composer)Films set in 1944Films set in FranceGerman-language war filmsGerman war filmsGerman World War II filmsTemplate film date with 1 release dateWest German films