The best war movie ever made and best movie ever made

Rating: 9/10 (26 September 2011)

In 1943, in the Russian front, leader Rolf Steiner(played by James Coburn) is promoted to Sergeant after another successful mission. Meanwhile the upper-class and arrogant Prussian Captain Hauptmann Stransky is assigned to Steiner's squad. After the bloody battle that was led by Steiner and his squad against the Russian troops led by Lieutenant Meyer that dies in the combat.The coward Stransky claims that he had led his squad against the Russian troops and ask's to be awarded the Iron Cross to satisfy his personal ambition together with his aristocratic family. Then after Steiner comes out of a hospital after being injured it becomes a huge bloody battle against each other. This is a must see film to add to your war collection. There are great scenes of battle as well as great characters.