Production
Cross of Iron was a joint Anglo-German production between EMI Films and ITC Entertainment of London and Rapid Films GmbH from Munich.
The film is noted for featuring realistic gear and equipment such as Soviet T-34/85 tanks (which were obtained from the arsenal of Yugoslav People's Army that kept them especially for cinematographical purposes) and German weapons such as MG 42s and MP40s. But according to star James Coburn, although the Yugoslav government promised that all the military equipment would be ready for the start of filming, considerable delays occurred when half the equipment was missing just as the production was about to begin.
The film was shot on location in the former SFR Yugoslavia. Scenes were filmed around Obrov in SR Slovenia and Zagreb and Savudrija in SR Croatia. Interiors were completed at Pinewood Studios in London.
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