Cross of Iron
Bring Me the Head of Sam Peckinpah
March 31 - April 7, 2016
In what Orson Welles proclaimed as one of the greatest antiwar films ever made, Peckinpah unleashes some of the most harrowing combat footage ever seen on screen in this senses-shattering World War II drama in which a disillusioned German soldier (James Coburn) and his platoon are dragged through hell on the Russian front.
Peckinpah unleashes some of the most harrowing combat footage ever put on film in this senses-shattering World War II drama. James Coburn delivers a tightly wound, tour-de-force performance as a disillusioned German soldier who clashes with his superiors as he and his platoon are dragged through hell on the Russian front. The bravura battle sequences are visually and aurally overpowering, a bloody ballet of machine-gun fire, falling bodies, and exploding shrapnel choreographed for maximum visceral impact. Orson Welles proclaimed Cross of Iron one of the greatest antiwar films ever made.
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