Iron Cross (film)

Iron Cross (film)

Iron Cross is a 2011 British thriller film. The film is written and directed by British film director Joshua Newton and is slated for release in March 2011. It stars Roy Scheider in his final film role.

When developing the script, Joshua Newton, Iron Cross's writer and director, asked himself what his father would do in the event that he discovered the man who murdered his family during the Holocaust. The character of Joseph played by Roy Scheider is loosely based on Joshua Newton's father Bruno Newton, who died during the filming from the same disease that took Roy Scheider's life nine months later. As Scheider died before production was finished, his scenes were completed utilizing CGI techniques to stand in for the actor.

The film was last scheduled to be released on December 15, 2010. The current release date is March 28, 2011.

On 20 September 2010 director Joshua Newton won the Visionary Filmmaker Award at the 26th Boston Film Festival.