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In 1944 a German sergeant gets involved in an anti-Hitler conspiracy, and saves the life of an American colonel.In 1944 a German sergeant gets involved in an anti-Hitler conspiracy, and saves the life of an American colonel.In 1944 a German sergeant gets involved in an anti-Hitler conspiracy, and saves the life of an American colonel.
Véronique Vendell
- Yvette
- (as Veronique Vendell)
Michael Büttner
- Schütze Junghans
- (as Wolfgang Büttner)
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- TriviaRobert Mitchum recalled that Richard Burton was drinking very heavily during filming and sometimes had to be carried onto the set.
- GoofsThey went to the trouble to get a lot of things right, from the German artillery pieces to the T-34 tanks. Even the German trucks are mostly right. They didn't necessarily do such a good job on the colors. That Kubelwagen in the dark-gray color scheme is anachronistic for the period. But then we come to the aircraft. I was taken aback to see U.S. Navy Corsairs dropping bombs on the Eastern Front. And what are all those Heinkel 111s doing in the air on D-Day?
- Quotes
Sgt. Rolf Steiner: NCOs cannot resign.
- Alternate versionsA longer German language version runs at 126 minutes, extra scenes includes:
- An opening scene that starts at the railway station, Rolf Steiner and Paul Anselm meet again and discuss their current predicament. Captain Stransky appears out of the station building and sends Steiner and Anselm to check out a railway tunnel down the line. Steiner and Anselm meet up with Corporal Kruger before returning to the station. (8mins approx)
- When Steiner returns to German lines, the scene where he meets his new platoon is longer and includes introductions to new comrades Rothe, Dorfmann and Keppel.
- An extended scene between Yvette and Steiner at her apartment.
- Steiner is mocked by an old woman as he leaves Yvette's apartment.
- The two orphaned children Steiner looks at, at the end turn up earlier and throw rocks at Steiner.
- The final battle is extended, there is more footage of the American GIs attacking the town, the American tanks cause greater damage to the town. Steiner shoots GIs whilst trying to defend the townspeople.
- ConnectionsFeatures Cross of Iron (1977)
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First of all, there is a major issue with this movie: captain (major) Stranski must have died at the end of part 1. At least everything refers to this fact. His weapon was out of ammo and some russians of the red army were just pointing guns at him. I don't believe they let him live. In fact I'm not sure if Steiner survived either. Next thing is the two main characters were replaced. If the roles of major Stranski and sergeant Steiner had been played by Maximilian Schell and James Coburn this movie could have been much much better. On behalf of Sam Peckinpah, I wouldn't have given permission to release this movie.
- lonelygeealbino
- Oct 4, 2021
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- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
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- 1.66 : 1
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