Breakthrough
Burton...Mitchum...Steiger...Enemies...Yet Allies In Combat With Destiny!
1979 · 1h 33m · PG
Drama, History, War
Directed by
Andrew V. McLaglen
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Breakthrough
Overview
Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut Griem) orders Sergeant Steiner (Richard Burton) to blow up a railway tunnel to prevent Russian forces from using it. Steiner's platoon fails in its mission by coming up against a Russian tank. Steiner then takes a furlough to Paris just as the Allies launch their invasion of Normandy.
Director and cast
- Andrew V. McLaglen Director
- Richard Burton as Sgt. Steiner
- Rod Steiger as Gen. Webster
- Helmut Griem as Maj. Stransky
- Robert Mitchum as Colonel Rogers
- Klaus Löwitsch as Uffz. Krüger
- Véronique Vendell as Yvette
- Michael Parks as Sgt. Anderson
- Werner Pochath as Keppel
- Curd Jürgens Cast
- Horst Janson Cast
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