It is the year 1943, and the devastated and disheartened German army is making a hasty withdrawal from the Russian front. In the middle of all the chaos, a confrontation is brewing between the noble but ultimately cowardly Captain Stransky and the fearless Corporal Steiner. Stransky is the sole person who maintains the opinion that the Third Reich's military is still light years ahead of the Russian army. In reality, though, he is a trembling coward who desperately wants to be awarded the Iron Cross so that he can go back to Berlin as a hero. Steiner, on the other hand, is cynical, fiercely non-conformist, and more concerned with the safety of his own soldiers than the horde of military honors provided to him by his superiors. He places the protection of his own men above the accumulation of military decorations.
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It is the year 1943, and the devastated and disheartened German army is making a hasty withdrawal from the Russian front. In the middle of all the chaos, a confrontation is brewing between the noble but ultimately cowardly Captain Stransky and the fearless Corporal Steiner. Stransky is the sole person who maintains the opinion that the Third Reich's military is still light years ahead of the Russian army. In reality, though, he is a trembling coward who desperately wants to be awarded the Iron Cross so that he can go back to Berlin as a hero. Steiner, on the other hand, is cynical, fiercely non-conformist, and more concerned with the safety of his own soldiers than the horde of military honors provided to him by his superiors. He places the protection of his own men above the accumulation of military decorations.
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