"Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz, 2. Teil" is a sequel to the first movie starring James Coburn and Maximilian Schell. Here the central character is played by Richard Burton (who died 5 years later already) and he gets lots of help from other names that are known in Hollywood including Academy Award winner Rod Steiger. Also some of the characters and actors from the first film reappear.
The good thing i can say about this film is that it is not worse than the first as many say. The bad thing is that I did not find the first film particularly captivating either. There is lots of war sequences, screaming and bomb explosions. The film also includes many historic references to wars and battle but also to historically relevant happenings such as the Hitler assassination attempt or the forced suicide that similarly happened to Rommel. The music is okay and I especially liked the reference of "Morgen früh, wenn Gott will". No surprise, this is a West German production here, even if director Andrew V. McLaglen is British. On a side-note, he died not too long ago, way into his 90s. Also a big part of the cast is German.
Anyway, all in all, I would only recommend this to people who love war movies or really enjoyed the first film. Everybody else won't have too much joy here.
The good thing i can say about this film is that it is not worse than the first as many say. The bad thing is that I did not find the first film particularly captivating either. There is lots of war sequences, screaming and bomb explosions. The film also includes many historic references to wars and battle but also to historically relevant happenings such as the Hitler assassination attempt or the forced suicide that similarly happened to Rommel. The music is okay and I especially liked the reference of "Morgen früh, wenn Gott will". No surprise, this is a West German production here, even if director Andrew V. McLaglen is British. On a side-note, he died not too long ago, way into his 90s. Also a big part of the cast is German.
Anyway, all in all, I would only recommend this to people who love war movies or really enjoyed the first film. Everybody else won't have too much joy here.