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Das Eiserne Kreuz is a World War II Eastern Front war movie. But the real battle is the class warfare between a common Non Commission Officer and a Prussian aristocrat. James Coburn is the battle harden Feldwebel and the Hauptmann is played by Maximilian Schell.

"I will show you how a true Prussian officer Fights." Captain.

"Then I will show you where the Iron Crosses grow." Sergeant.

Based on the novel Das Geduldige Fleisch (1955) by Willi Heinrich, This week's selection is The Iron Cross (1977)...