Breakthrough (1979)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1979-03-01
Runtime: 93 minutes
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Top Cast
- Richard Burton as Sergeant Steiner
- Rod Steiger as General Webster
- Robert Mitchum as Colonel Rogers
- Véronique Vendell as Yvette
- Werner Pochath as Keppel
- Klaus Löwitsch as Krüger
- Michael Parks as Sergeant Anderson
- Helmut Griem as Major Stransky
- Curd Jürgens as General Hofmann
- Horst Janson as Captain Berger
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