Plot hole: "The regiment headquarters calling for Corporal Steiner. Come in Steiner." The film starts with this repeating radio message. It's even heard by Steiner and his men who are on their hush-hush job behind the enemy lines: a reconnaissance mission. Calling Steiner just makes no sense, especially with the name.
Cross of Iron (1977)
1 plot hole
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: James Mason, James Coburn, David Warner, Maximilian Schell
Factual error: In the bombing scene after Steiner tells the captain that he doesn't believe the captain deserves the Iron Cross, the planes are American Corsairs, despite being set on the eastern front when Soviets and Germans were fighting. (01:03:49)
Kern: Do you believe in God, Sergeant?
Sargeant Steiner: I believe God is a sadist, but probably doesn't even know it.
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