Breakthrough

1979

93 min

5.8

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

Drama, History, War

Director

Andrew V. McLaglen

Country

Germany

Cast & Crew

Richard Burton

Rod Steiger

Helmut Griem

Klaus Löwitsch

Michael Parks

Werner Pochath

Robert Mitchum

Véronique Vendell

Horst Janson

Joachim Hansen

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Breakthrough

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.

  • Richard Burton

  • Rod Steiger

  • Helmut Griem

  • Klaus Löwitsch

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