In Reply to: The best film from the German perspective is Peckinpah's Cross of Iron(nt) posted by semuta on October 20, 2008 at 10:26:06:
and the historical inaccuracies ( the Russians have 1950's USA tanks, the German trenches get bombed by Marine Corps Corsairs )
Yeah, RightThe friction between the aristocratic Prussian Officer + the Sergeant, which makes for most of the films drama, fizzles + the film ends on an odd note
James Coburns finest role, + David Warners
James Mason is in his usual top form, but he is way better as Rommel in The Desert Fox Curious how this most English of gentlemen consistently got roles as German officers, and played them really well!
Legend has it Sam Peckinpah had a film about Stalingrad financed + ready to go, even had a few daillys filmed, but he died before any progress was made with that
GW
Edits: 10/20/08
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- Cross of Iron has a great cast, but I cringe at the affected Gerrman accents - grinagog 22:19:56 10/20/08 (0)