Underplayed Gems

Iron Cross (2009)

Iron Cross poster
Directed by
Joshua Newton
Genre
crime, drama, thriller, war
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A retired police detective thinks he has tracked down the Nazi officer responsible for his family's deaths during World War II. The story follows his pursuit and the consequences that unfold.

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What happens

Beautiful Blue Eyes (originally entitled Iron Cross) is a 2009 English thriller film written and directed by Joshua Newton. It stars Roy Scheider in his final role as a retired police detective who believes he has found the Nazi officer who slaughtered his family in World War II. Scott Cohen, Alexander Newton, Calita Rainford, Sarah Bolger, Anna Polony, and Helmut Berger appear in supporting roles. Shot in 2007, the film premiered as Iron Cross at the 26th Boston Film Festival in 2010 and had a limited theatrical release the following year. It was not shown publicly again until 2022 when the film was retitled Beautiful Blue Eyes and given a new limited release to coincide with a re-release of Scheider's film Jaws. The film is currently exclusively available through the digital platform MovieKey. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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