Cross of Iron
New York: Avco Embassy Pictures, 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1977 film, showing director Sam Peckinpah in a tub with actors Vadim Glowna and Ivica Pajer. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso.
Based on Willi Heinrich's 1955 novel "The Willing Flesh," focusing on the class conflict which arises between a selfish, aristocratic Prussian officer and the war-hardened German troops on the Russian front in 1943. Academy Award-winning screenwriter Julius J. Epstein was best known for co-writing Michael Curtiz's classic 1942 film "Casablanca."
Set in Russia, shot on location in Croatia, Yugoslavia, Slovenia, and Italy.
10 x 8 inches. Near Fine, lightly toned on the verso.
[Book #149589]
Price: $275.00
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