Cross of Iron-WK 1,

Cross of Iron: Week 1 Movie Review Student's Name Course Name & Number Due Date In the 1977 film 'Cross of Iron,' Colonel Brandt is a captivating character to investigate leadership. Colonel Brandt has both strengths and drawbacks as a military leader in wartime. The movie teaches leadership values like duty, honor, trust, and ethics through his actions and decisions. Military leadership requires adaptation, strategic thinking, and power dynamics, which Colonel Brandt's style embodies. This paper examines leadership in Colonel Brandt's character and behavior, extracting lessons on empowerment, constraint, decision-making, and ethics in crisis and conflict. Elements of Leadership Displayed Colonel Brandt demonstrates leadership qualities and weaknesses. His duties and military principles are essential. General Douglas MacArthur said the military needed the resolve to win, the knowledge that success is vital, and a genuine dedication to duty, honor, and nation. It is important to note that duty, honor, courage, integrity, and selfless service are significant military ideals. Considering Colonel Brandt's position as a military leader, he displays these values throughout the movie. Also, trust is a fundamental leadership trait in the military. Internal and external trust helps the colonel overcome adversity and endure long combat. The movie depicts Colonel Brandt's leadership in battle, where subordinates' trust is crucial. Such matches the emphasis on military trust as a core military leadership element. In contrast, the film shows tension and distrust, especially within the unit. The ideal chain of command has intrinsic trust, yet internal trust can be strained, compromising unit functioning. However, despite Brandt's charisma and dependability, some leadership traits are absent from the film. He does not display a leader's ethical behavior. Ethical leaders make moral and ethical decisions even under challenging conditions. The movie depicts Colonel Brandt as a brave and capable leader, but his actions are not always moral. He sometimes puts military goals before soldiers' well-being, creating moral problems and conflicts of interest. As a senior leader, he should create a conducive operational and ethical atmosphere where the juniors understand the...