
Cross of Iron is a movie directed by Sam Peckinpah in 1977 and based on the book The Willing Flesh by Willi Heinrich, first published in 1955. The movie features James Coburn, James Mason, Maximilian Schell, David Warner, Senta Berger, Klaus Löwitsch, and others.
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Storyline
An aristocratic Prussian officer, Captain Stransky, arrives as the new commander of Steiner’s infantry battalion, which is stationed in the Kuban bridgehead on the Taman Peninsula. Stransky proudly tells the regimental commander, Colonel Brandt, and his adjutant, Captain Kiesel, that he applied for transfer from occupied France to front line duty in Russia so that he can win the Iron Cross.
Movie vs Book

Year
1977
Minutes
132
Movie Rate
7.50
Source: IMDb

Year
1955
Pages
288
Book Rate
10.00
S: Goodreads
Book
The Willing Flesh
Original title: Das Geduldige Fleisch
Author: Willi Heinrich
Country: West Germany
First published in: 1955
Length: 288 pages
Genre: Fiction
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“Movies are not the book. Movies are not even the screenplay. They are the movie.”
BRUCE JOEL RUBIN (Screenwriter)
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