"We are winning, we are winning!" *literally being overrun*

Sam Peckinpah. All of this without one second of computer generated effects. An old school master in film making. RIP.

Major Stranksy pretends he's heroic by going outside the bunker for all of ten seconds then ducking back inside while all around thousands of soldiers are being slaughtered. Only Sam Peckinpah could have dreamed up such a scene.

"You see how things have changed, Dimitri? Now it is _their_ land, _their_ people, _their_ blood."

"We are attacking....we are defending....we are COUNTER ATTACKING!" 4:38

For my money, Cross Of Iron is the finest and most realistic war film ever made. Peckinpah was a genius director, the editing and sound is fantastic. He certainly captured the brutality and intensity of close quarter combat. Superlative film.

Those cuts are brilliant. Just showing how confusing a battle is.

Even to this day, Cross of Iron is one of the best looking films I've seen. The picture quality is outstanding. Remarkable for 1977.

I like how it's implied ducking under the table was a cowardly move, but then beams come down in the bunker. Seems smart to get some cover

My father-in-law was of half German and half Czech heritage and have been drafted into the German army in 1944. He talked to me many times about his experience in combat and would never wish anybody to meet Russian infantryman' in combat.

This scene is one of the most realistic battle scenes ever. I don't think they had scenes with this intensity and gore until Saving Private Ryan.

Sam Peckinpah's editing of this entire movie was outstanding. I remember seeing this scene in the theater and being awed by the cuts and the way the sound was layered. This was before MTV editing was a thing.

Stransky: Sir, I'm wounded sir Sir; how did you get wounded major? Stransky ; the table sir. Sir; The table? Stransky; yes sir the table, it collapsed on me while I was hiding under it.

This Battle Scene is nothing short of Incredible,,And so is the film!!!!

Whoever they got for their military advisers for the movie were spot on, for once. Your crew served weapons are always your most important and most deadly so it's important that they would be quickly remand if the crews are taken out. The Corporal jumps on the MG 42 and tells the other guy to start feeding him. Great job of how things really work in combat.

That wide shot with the MG42 at the end is one of the best shots I've seen in a war movie. The sound of how fast it's shooting (slower than the real thing, BTW) combines with seeing what it does to whole Russian units is far better than the usual close-ups in war films.Directors, more wide shots, please! Spread the action out and it'll be no less intense.

One of Peckinpah's finest films. Doesn't follow the book very well, but an excellent job of showing the German side of the Russo-German War. The story takes place in roughly April - October 1943 in the Crimea.

One of my favorite war films. Gritty, grim, no bullshit.

Best Eastern Front battle scene I have ever seen, including Russian films. Realistic uniforms weapons, tanks, etc

Sam Peckenpagh's editing and directing are superb. He is the undisputed master of the gunfight scene. Other films with outstanding gun ballets by Him are The Wild Bunch, and The Getaway

A well done war film. Really captures the brutality of combat on the eastern front

Gotta love the sound effects that make it seem like a sci-fi film was being shot nearby.

Steiner, where are you when you're most needed!

I really like this movie and for being a good war film for its time. The other thing I like about it is that it shows German soldiers not as cold heartless monsters, but as human beings same as any person.

"We are attacking, we are defending, we are counter attacking!" Sounds like every company of heroes two match

Sam Peckinpah was a great director. This and the Wild Bunch were one of the first to have slow mo in the battle scenes. He had to film it in Europe because nobody in the US would back a film that didn't have the Germans as the "bad guys". I wish that it would have had the ending like in the book and if I remember correctly, Steiner and his buddies were real young in the book. I believe the Yugoslav army loaned him the T34's, this was one of my favorite war movies.

I can't think of a single scene in war cinema that rivals the chaos and horror of war than this one. Several contenders, but this is the best.

It's funny when you hold a cigarette in your hand during busy times.

Cross of Iron .. one of the best films that shows the madness of war and the horror it inflicts on people.

If anybody is interested in Eastern Front combat from the German side, I strongly recommend reading The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer. He spent years fighting on the Eastern Front. Amazing that he survived!

The MG42 scene was awesom; I had read the stories about how fast it could fire, but this was the first time I had seen it 'graphically'; the funny thing is: the gun is firing much slower than a real MG42

Epicness of the scene is beyond ALL

interesting that none of the Russians are firing their rifles, just running at the Germans..

Old movies: wow fantastic looks so good Modern movies: unrealistic cgi crap

The part where German soldiers broke and ran until Lt. Myer corralled them back to their positions is the exact same thing that happened in a non fiction memoir of a German soldier on the eastern front. In the book he describes a battle where their thinly held line was attacked by a mass of t-34s. Infantry in parts of the line were so terrified by this wave of tanks coming right at them, they started to make a run for it until a officer grabbed them and forced them to remain. The Germans ended up holding the line that day.

My favourite WW2 movies are before 2000, mostly 70s and 80s

Soldiers: Let's fight! Commanders: We have few calls to make

Just cause your an important character in a movie doesn't mean you can't die

The final of this masterpiece movie is just epic with Steiner's laughter and the children choir singing while you can see images of WWII, Vietnam and other wars. It gives chills and tears.

Guys watch Stalingrad 1993 ok? To people saying this is the most realistic battle scene ever made or something like that.

It's so refreshing seeing a film from the German perspective.

wow...some films manage to portray the brutality of war with stark, immersive realism or with tension that threats to burst each scene at the seams...though,this feat of filmmaking ,ive got to admit - captures the chaos of war in a manner that is gorgeous in its choreography yet absolutely terrifying in the increased desperation displayed by the Germans as they fend off the attack to buy just one more second of time in this world with nothing but the skin on their teeth. And its all portrayed with the fastidiousness of a grand concerto. This is something only a true maestro of filmmaking could achieve...real shame people tend to focus on Peckinpah's vices more than his illustrious creations.

Underrated movie. James Mason, Maximillian Schell, James Coburn? Awesome acting right there alone.

1:05 is that the same guy who played General Bittrich in A Bridge Too Far?

this movie was well ahead of its time, real gritty war movie with amazing action, fantastic film

it's really difficult for me to re-watch this film, for a number of reasons. I know Peckinpah was a raving drunk at the time of the filming and editing, but the graphic depiction of the Russian Front is simply superb. It was Soviet doctrine to get to grips with the enemy as soon as possible to negate the opponents' artillery (think, fire for effect on my POZ). therefore, close combat was the order of the day, and "Cross Of Iron" does not disappoint in this category historically.

"We are attacking! We are defending! We are counterattacking!" LOLOL

a masterpiece of war film, for ever

one of the best war movies I've seen! the end always makes me cry where they are shot even though they shout their password! (Democation) I think it is the blu ray version that is shown and that is why the picture quality is so good!

this was ´77? wow it looks better than many late ´90s movies

Another great film director of Sam Peckinpah 👍🍿

"Is it a probe!?!" "A probe sir? No it's an end table sir, I got it tangled around my neck when they attacked us!"

If one understands the theme or message of this film it is one of the great war films of the 20th century. "And I will show you where the Iron Crosses grow" Futility of war.

Awesome war film with an Oscar deserved performance by James coburn✌️✌️

Francis Ford Coppola: Nobody can make a decent battle scene. Sam Peckinpah: Hold my cocaine

these battle scenes are more realistic than the actual battle itself

Better than saving private ryan.

sam peckinpah best war movie

amazing battle scene

4:39 when youre micromanaging your troops in hoi4 and keep on activating and deactivating a push

One of the best war movies ever made but little seen.

One of the best war films ever made!

The utter madness of it all.

"I like the look of the explosions, they are so realistic like what I've seen in the news with all of the recent conflicts" OK, mr. judge of realistic explosions : )

The best action sene of any war movie

Индийский фильм. Хонгильдона только нехватает.

In the movie it was seen that the Captain did not order and lead a counter attack therefore did not deserve the Iron Cross but I believe he absolutely deserved it for remaining strong and putting himself in the middle of the action to turn the tide of the battle. If it weren't for his leadership his men would have continued to retreat and the battle would have been lost. Under his direct leadership the men were forced back to their fighting positions and held the line. All this while being wounded not to mention this being the captains FIRST BATTLE.

"zis ist not a probe! it's an attack in force. an avalanche! vere are my reinforcements? my swagger stik! greatcoat! nacht! the one with lil furry stip. and all za metals? ach der himmel!"

When a single base changes hands more than 10 times during a single round. 4:39

Just think if the Germans had unfolded their SMG stocks and used their sights.

"The number you have reached is no longer in service. Please check the number or try your call at a later time."

Судя по причёскам и бакенбардам снимали в конце семидесятых.

People been slaughtering each other since the beginning of time. Before they did it with guns, they used swords, spears, and arrows, before that, they used clubs, and before that, they used rocks. Murder, mayhem, robbery, covetousness, and hate have all been part of history since Cain murdered his brother Abel.

this is a war film without rhetoric as Saving Private Ryan

Didn't even drop his smoke. What a legend

GREAT FILM, AND I WILL SHOW YOU WHERE THE IRON CROSS GROWS

now this is war. Straight chaos but everyone is trying to focus on their training.

Be calm Stranski you are not alone. lol One of the best lines in war movie history. Welcome to the Russian front.

This is besides Saving Private Ryan the best WW2 movie.

MVP goes to the mustached machine gunner

Love this film !

Battle scene captures the chaos of battle. Captain was a thorough incompetent who tied up and a communications line and the time and attention of a superior officer rather than lead in combat. But even if he were a competent and good leader, he could do only so much he could do because he was newly arrived and thus had no clue on how to work with his men, whose confidence he had yet to earn. He never took the trouble to know his men, busying himself instead with exposing homosexuals in his unit.

Damn that quality... looks like it could have been filmed today.

Вот уж не знал, что советские солдаты в рукопашной не стреляют, не работают штыком, а лезут обниматься с противником)))))))

Intense! War movies before everyone thinks they need to jiggle the camera!

There will never be war like this again. Worst battles ever. Millions of casualties

This is one of the great war movies but hard to find. I WISH THIS FREE

Em 23.02.2021. Um ótimo trabalho de Sam Peckinpah. A versão em Blu Ray é um pouco melhor que a do DVD.

У немцев есть командиры, а советы показаны, как стадо без организации. Западные создатели фильмов пытаются взять реванш , так, глядишь, в фильмах немцы и Москву захватят.((

Quite a cast in this movie.

The only thing that I dislike about these old war movies is the sound effects all sound like they came from a stock library.

There's a lot of artistic ballet in this scene.

The most underrated war film of all times

James Mason and James Colburn

One of the best shows ever

One of my fav WW2 movies.

Under rated movie

Странная атака : ни одной саперной лопатки. И конечно кто снимает тот и побеждает. Фронтовиков в фильме не было

One of the best WW2 movies

This movie got mixed reviews but I say its the best Sam Peckinpah movie exceeded only by the Wild Bunch.