RIP David Warner. Your acting was wonderful in this phenomenal movie.
@akshaykonnur275 Жыл бұрын
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@lumpyrutherford-dx4qu7 ай бұрын
Oh that's right, he went down on the Titanic after he couldn't catch Jack and Rose.
@KevinThomas-ok2ev3 ай бұрын
“Don’t unpack everything, we may not be staying long.”
@bazzatheblue6 жыл бұрын
Mason,Coburn and Warner were excellent in this film.All on the top of their games.
@l.b.23922 ай бұрын
They were and Schell stole the show!
@favre4ever393 жыл бұрын
I love the absurdity of this scene, while the army is fighting for survival Stransky and Brandt are playing politics about a piece of metal. It captures the feeling of the landser in WWII perfectly.
@JGldmn3332 жыл бұрын
Your comment shows me that you have never been in the military because 98% of personnel strive for advancement in rank. An Iron Cross helps in that regard. Besides the honor it bestows. Getting awarded a medal for exemplary actions during wartime duty is highly coveted and appreciated by all soldiers of any country...much less German. Steiner is an extreme exception to the rule...almost all soldiers from the German Army of that era COVETED an Iron Cross medal to be pinned on their uniform. And they were not given out like candy either! It was sparingly awarded.
@JGldmn3332 жыл бұрын
On the contrary: the fact that they are arguing over an Iron Cross and the validity of it shows how IMPORTANT this "piece of metal" ( as you call it) was! All soldiers from the Wehrmacht ( excepting Steiner..a rare anamoly) were ecstatic to be considered for...and awarded an Iron Cross. The Iron Cross stands for bravery/exploits in battle while under enemy fire.
@favre4ever392 жыл бұрын
@@JGldmn333 you're joking right or are you serious?
@jaybot303functionerror42 жыл бұрын
@@JGldmn333 Steiner see the absurdity of trying to win a medal for bravery validated by a political system he hates. He states he is no Nazi, fighting a defensive war on southern eastern front one of his unit survived Stalingrad, he know the war is lost & the medals will mean nothing if they they survive a relic of a failed & hated ideology steinski can not reload his Mp40 and has no clue how to fight at close quarters with Steiner beware an older man in a younger man’s profession, he is an elite recon solider who has survived on the Russian front. Of course the cross of iron means nothing to him after what he has witnessed many Germans on the Russian front had no interest in medals unless S.S. they wanted particularly after Stalingrad & Kursk to go home not get useless pieces of metal. The end scene is him showing we’re the iron crosses grow & the absurdity of them trying to defend a rail head when the Germans will never counteract. Most office made an oath to Hitler over Germany as German who hates the Nazi’s he views officers the ones led them to wear they are.
@petebondurant58 Жыл бұрын
@@JGldmn333 Heil Goldman!
@alanworrall84857 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite films of all time. what a cast, they don't make films like this anymore.
@ceoofgrind81012 жыл бұрын
Brandt was an entirely different bra ch of officer. At the end you literally see him leading his troops to their deaths at the front of the pack
@jacobisrael59384 жыл бұрын
ONE OF THE BEST WAR MOVIES EVER MADE
@Tactical_Wars3 жыл бұрын
No it's not
@snakeplissken5262 жыл бұрын
@@Tactical_Wars Yes it is
@KevinThomas-ok2ev3 ай бұрын
Yeah, it is. The author was a an officer who fought on the Russian front. The movie comes from about a single chapter in the book. Definitely one of the best war movies ever done.
@flyingdutchman75854 жыл бұрын
Opening scene when they take out the mortar crew...his first words of the movie..."Good Kill!!"
@marcomambretti592224 күн бұрын
I really love this movie...... it seems to be "there", among these defeated soldiers, in a terrible war already lost. Coburn, Warner and Mason are three incredible actors.
@desertrats30868 жыл бұрын
Peckinpah's own experience in the US Marine Corps influenced this movie. You see some of the same motifs between the enlisted and officers, but here it is largely used to reflect the fact that German officers usually had political indoctrination and were therefore perpetuating the war. This ran contrary to the self preservation of the enlisted ranks. The movie also cleverly references Clausewitz with a philosophical take on war.
@JGldmn3332 жыл бұрын
STOP: the United States Marine Corps had NOTHING in common with the German Wehrmacht of the Eastern Front...1943. Sam Peckinpaw's prior service with the Marines, if anything, adversely colored his view of the German Wehrmacht and made him look DOWN on them. To disrespect them. Marines are trained to look down on anybody and anything not a US Marine...including US Army personnel. Much more so the German infantryman. As for your statement about political indoctrination of the German officer corps...ALL ranks of the WW.2 German Wehrmacht...officer AND enlisted....were indoctrinated with love of Fuhrer and Fatherland. Period. The SS and Hitler Youth of course...more so. But EVERYBODY was indoctrinated. The best thing about this film is that it at least captures a rarely shown theater of World War 2- the German Caucusus retreat on the eastern front. For that it is very valuable. And it shows the grit and value of German Sergeants in relation to their officers. But some of the political spin in my opinion is a little bit off. The German Wehrmacht was a HIGHLY disciplined fighting force with very little rebellion in it's ranks...especially among sergeants. Some rebellion DID occur on the eastern front...yes. But it was very rare and was often punished with loss of rank and extra duty. Steiner's Iron Cross would have prevented him from going to the firing squad.
@footslave4asian Жыл бұрын
Alas, it wasn't just the "German officers usually had political indoctrination." While it was certainly easier for a non-aristocratic man to become an officer in Hitler's armed forces and that, in turn, contributed to "political indoctrination in the officer corps," the rank-and-file were, generally speaking, equally imbued with motivation based on "Fuehrer, Volk und Vaterland." Many people -- still to this day -- do not understand just how "in lock-step" Nazi Weltanschauung was with even the most basic German recruit (and this includes those who were completed educated in the school system prior to 1933, not just the Hitler Jugend generation). In short, Peckinpah's movie, while cinematically brilliant in some respects, is reflective of the general 1970s view of the German Army.
@sonofcy6 жыл бұрын
IMHO this was Coburn's finest role, I don;t recall him acting any better than this.
@RobinSchoutenRS2 жыл бұрын
He was pretty good too in the Sergio Leone film Duck You Sucker.
@marcomambretti59222 жыл бұрын
Masterpiece. R.i.p. David Warner sorry, Cpt. Kiesel. A great actor. Marco
@e.a.corral471317 күн бұрын
Greatvin STAR TREK as a assorted Carrdassians.
@b.f.62547 жыл бұрын
what do I have to be grateful for?
@blueStarKitt79242 жыл бұрын
For that you are still alive, maybe!
@duncancurtis5971 Жыл бұрын
Indy Neidell has covered the retreat of 17th Panzer from the Kuban in September 1943, more like a headlong flight.
@crichtonhamilton77754 жыл бұрын
Another Peckinpah classic
@andreasschlickmann33333 жыл бұрын
One of the best war film's forever !
@russellbrown70288 жыл бұрын
Who does like them? But they have their uses. James Mason only had a small role in the film, but he was very good as the "pure Prussian" officer. He doesn't understand why Steiner has a problem with the whole deal.
@blueStarKitt79242 жыл бұрын
I thought that it is the character of Maximilian Schell that is pure Prussian.🤷
@davidchou16752 жыл бұрын
"No war but Class War!"
@alanprior7650Ай бұрын
David Warner's character..."I'm sorry,I've got the shits" runs off...
@JGldmn3332 жыл бұрын
This scene...in my mind...was a little bit inaccurate. Very rarely did German Sergeants answer with such audacity to an Officer. Much less with outright disrespect. But this late in the war...and on the Eastern front...occasionally Officers looked the other way when brave and over-worked sergeants had moments of carelessness and/or stupidity regarding the rules of Officer/Sergeant ettiquette. To sum up- this happened...but very very rarely in the HIGHLY disciplined German Wehrmacht of WW2. More often than not if and when it did happen the offending sergeant would have been busted down in rank immediately. But a war hero might have been spared that indignity...to give a nod to Sam Peckinpaw's logic here.
@markcollins99036 жыл бұрын
Brilliant film
@rfletch623 жыл бұрын
Great film! Politics and policy be damned. Just trying to stay alive, and keep your crew alive too.
@alanprior7650Ай бұрын
"Demarcation!"
@mirzabeg73222 ай бұрын
One of the best performances by James coburn
@DMMarch4 жыл бұрын
Nice 70s haircuts on the eastern front
@stevekaczynski37934 жыл бұрын
The captured Soviet kid was more likely to have a completely shaved head - common in the WW2 Red Army as a precaution against head lice. The Germans for their part often left hair on the top but shaved the sides and back. The really long hair of Steiner and Kiesel could be interpreted as them being so close to the front line that they don't give a damn about regulation haircuts but more likely they just did not bother with the authentic detail.
@pato22003 жыл бұрын
Barbarosa. Not barbershop.
@oilersridersbluejays3 жыл бұрын
Thought that too. Seemed like most seasoned Germans on the front still had well-managed hair. German soldiers were very strict with field hygiene and if they weren’t cleaning their rifles off duty then they were cleaning themselves and their uniforms.
@rob_13593 ай бұрын
On the other hand I imagine there wasn't much down time in the East towards the end to worry about a razor back and sides
@mandonavanava27984 жыл бұрын
Steiner. 👍
@theodorebennett7938 Жыл бұрын
I would think the title of this movie should be: "Hitler's Fried Egg" because it is a higher award than the EK1, but lower than the RK. The RK being almost unattainable statistically.
@tedkier32645 жыл бұрын
"ach der himmel! der ver many present as Stransky led de attack. but dey ver company men i didn't recognize!" thank you for posting.
@chrischristopoulos9708 жыл бұрын
TWO BIG ACTERS J.MASON AND J. COBYRN
@oilersridersbluejays3 жыл бұрын
And both gone too soon.
@shaharinyusof25382 жыл бұрын
In this episode, Steiner told the truth, alas simultaneously he's drunk !!
@blueStarKitt79242 жыл бұрын
Yes, but I am wondering about his hostility toward Brandt and Kiesel...🤔
@shaharinyusof25382 жыл бұрын
@@blueStarKitt7924 No such thing ! He merely drunk !
@shawnwaterssw5 жыл бұрын
Classic.
@sternumagnum5 жыл бұрын
The hairdo of David Warner in the movie would have been cause for a court martial in real life.
@stevekaczynski37934 жыл бұрын
Probably. Long hair was also an invitation to develop head lice, endemic on the Eastern Front.
@blueStarKitt79242 жыл бұрын
Yes! But it's 1976!
@sternumagnum2 жыл бұрын
@@blueStarKitt7924 So? What about sideburns too? They also had them in 1976. :-)
@austingode2 жыл бұрын
What an extraordinary film 🎥….. a tour de force …… m’y favorite war film of all time
@carlevans57602 жыл бұрын
my all time most favorite movie.
@pato22003 ай бұрын
Steiner exclusively realises the absurdity of the situation.
@Zebred20016 жыл бұрын
David Warner needs a haircut in keeping with the period.
@johnminehan11486 жыл бұрын
A haircut was the least of his problems.
@seanodwyer86915 жыл бұрын
is he a jew. there is a jew man here in Auckland city who looks and acts like david Warner. - ??????
@Shadowman47103 жыл бұрын
Probably not a lot of barbers running around the Crimea in 1943.
@blueStarKitt79242 жыл бұрын
@@Shadowman4710 🤔Possible.
@blueStarKitt79242 жыл бұрын
@@johnminehan1148 Production haïr stylists...?🤷
@davidespinoza26873 жыл бұрын
Awesome movie 🎥! Best wishes 2 everyone on 2021!!!
@naranjacrunch Жыл бұрын
Best war film of all times
@redorchestra303 жыл бұрын
The haircuts and staches are "MASH" style.
@jimsmith65473 жыл бұрын
It's the 1970s
@redjacc75813 ай бұрын
have this on dvd and its simply the best war movie ever.
@theindooroutdoorsman2 жыл бұрын
Watch at 1.25 speed. They slowed it down.
@rockyrowlands36522 ай бұрын
We have no ammo, rations or fuel for our tanks … but good news we have a ribbon for our typewriters.
@alanprior7650Ай бұрын
Or condoms ( more usual on Der ostfront).
@NineInchTyrone Жыл бұрын
Damn. Never saw this flick
@FlakeTillman2 жыл бұрын
If the actor playing the dissident tried doing what he just did on the irl eastern front he would either be sent to a camp or put in a ‘tank tread road bump’ position intentionally.
@snakeplissken5262 жыл бұрын
The point was that he was a decorated veteran and his men were very loyal to him, Brandt knew that.
@blueStarKitt79242 жыл бұрын
@@snakeplissken526 Yes.
@infantryattacks3 ай бұрын
Great movie... but the book is better. Indeed, the version titled THE WILLING FLESH is even better, because it's about 70 pages longer than the abbreviated version, THE CROSS OF IRON. You learn much more about all the major characters. Of course, the author, Willi Heinrich, fought in the war and describes scenes and personalities as he witnessed them.
@rob_13593 ай бұрын
I shall look for that, didn't realise it was a book. Thanks.
@taclas14 жыл бұрын
Love those '60s haircuts???!!!
@blueStarKitt79242 жыл бұрын
70's!!
@thomasdearment32142 ай бұрын
great movie thought so than think so now
@axxellein2 жыл бұрын
TRES Heavy
@tungstenkid22712 жыл бұрын
There are good and bad officers in all armies, so Steiner is going a bit too far in saying he hates ALL officers.For example in 'The Forgotten Soldier' Guy Sajer tells how a German officer was a passenger in a motorbike sidecar passing a column of walking wounded German troops, so he gave his place in the sidecar to one of them and proceeded on foot.
@petetube992 жыл бұрын
Most officers do not rise through the ranks, it is a class distinction. Ordinary soldiers do the dying. The more gold you have on your uniform the more likely you will live.
@stevekaczynski37932 жыл бұрын
He seemed to like the late Lieutenant Meyer, although I suspect Meyer was an NCO who received a field commission.
@tungstenkid22712 жыл бұрын
@@stevekaczynski3793 Even Hitler seemed to hate officers, he had no grasp of tactics and strategy and always arguing with his generals and he lost the war..:) Putin is another politician without any grasp, he should have used armoured spearheads to pincer out the pro-Russian Donbas where they lurv him, but instead he weakened his forces by spreading them out along too much of the border.
@blueStarKitt79242 жыл бұрын
@@stevekaczynski3793 Oops!
@blueStarKitt79242 жыл бұрын
@@petetube99 Maybe, but I bet Brandt and Kiesel are in a high risk of dying there, like the common soldier.
@stevekaczynski37934 жыл бұрын
The audio seems to be slowed down.
@blueStarKitt79242 жыл бұрын
The video, too.
@robertbarrientos3130 Жыл бұрын
DAS GUT....🇩🇪
@Kelly14UK5 жыл бұрын
Steiner ist ein guter German.
@marcomambretti59229 ай бұрын
Masterpiece
@aldosigmann4192 жыл бұрын
Great movie - too bad the haircuts were all 70's...
@louisburke8927 Жыл бұрын
They know he's right
@marlonberend80414 жыл бұрын
Blitzkrieg was guided by methamphetamine. If not to say that Blitzkrieg was founded on methamphetamine.
@BloodlessJG10 ай бұрын
Do you stand buy ur statement, lol doesn't matter for much longer 😊
@mikea89983 жыл бұрын
Ive nvr seen it
@roybennett92842 жыл бұрын
Lee Marvin was a hero in real life
@lorddaver57292 жыл бұрын
So? What does that have to do with the quality of acting in this film? And Lee Marvin isn't the only example of bravery in real life among actors. James Stewart volunteered for the USAAF, flying multiple bombing missions over Germany as lead pilot of his bomb group. Clark Gable joined the USAAF as a gunner. David Niven was a member of a reconnaisance platoon, carrying out missions behind enemy lines. There are many other examples. So your point is what, exactly?
@roybennett92842 жыл бұрын
@@lorddaver5729 no point as I got Marvin and Colburn mixed up.. just grow up will you.
@lorddaver57292 жыл бұрын
@@roybennett9284 So to you being wrong doesn't matter? And it's Coburn, not Colburn.
@lorddaver57292 жыл бұрын
In what way was Coburn a hero in real life? He joined the US Army in 1950, driving army trucks in Texas. Later he provided the voice over for army training films while in Germany. He never saw any action, so in what way was he a hero?
@roybennett92842 жыл бұрын
@@lorddaver5729 right I get it...have a t new year.
@jaimelarroyo53683 жыл бұрын
They look so realy but speak engish so bad
@freakyold4 жыл бұрын
Without the officers, there couldn't have been a war. The German general staff had several chances to stop Hitler's warmongering before they came to this disastrous conclusion. They could have simply refused to occupy Czechoslovakia. They could have refused to invade Poland. Before all that, they even could have refused to back Hitler when he invented the title of Fuhrer. Even if they didn't do anything else decent, they could have stopped the Holocaust and disbanded the SS. That's why Steiner hated all officers. Now, we're all waiting to see if "the officers" back Trump if he declares himself the rightful winner of a "rigged" election that he actually lost and announces that the 1st Amendment is null and void. But it can't happen here, right? Right??
@bulldogsbob4 жыл бұрын
Nah the left is the one who has issues when they lose,you libs are still crying about 2016.
@Shadowman47103 жыл бұрын
@@bulldogsbob Who's crying now, douchebag?
@bulldogsbob3 жыл бұрын
@@Shadowman4710 I’m not Trump is an asshole and his personality cost him.
@arielgoldfarb41182 жыл бұрын
They invaded soviets unión for the resources they didnt have ... Oil and gas.
@biasedhistory6182 жыл бұрын
@@arielgoldfarb4118 gas? no lol.
@hildehohensee11123 жыл бұрын
Nackte Frauen
@nstix2009xitsn4 жыл бұрын
Too slow.
@markharrison25446 жыл бұрын
Coburn was too old.
@johnminehan11486 жыл бұрын
Probably not for that Army in that place, at that time. They were scrapping the bottom of the barrel, old men and kids..
@markharrison25446 жыл бұрын
The real Steiner was 28.
@johnminehan11486 жыл бұрын
Lots of their NCOs had been in the 1st War . . . .
@markharrison25445 жыл бұрын
@@johnminehan1148 He was born in 1914.
@stevekaczynski37934 жыл бұрын
People in his age group would be more likely to go into the Order Police than the Heer (Army). They might be involved in fighting but were more likely to police rear areas and were sometimes involved in massacres.