Breakthrough

Breakthrough (1979)

Burton...Mitchum...Steiger...Enemies...Yet Allies In Combat With Destiny!

Drama History War

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.

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  • Release Date: 1979-03-01
  • Runtime: 1h 33min
  • Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

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Cast

  • Richard Burton

    Sergeant Steiner

  • Rod Steiger

    General Webster

  • Helmut Griem

    Major Stransky

  • Klaus Löwitsch

    Krüger

  • Michael Parks

    Sergeant Anderson

  • Werner Pochath

    Keppel

  • Robert Mitchum

    Colonel Rogers

  • Véronique Vendell

    Yvette

  • Horst Janson

    Captain Berger

  • Joachim Hansen

    Captain Kistner

  • Dieter Schidor

    Paul Anselm

  • Bruno Dietrich

    Nissen

  • Curd Jürgens

    General Hofmann

  • Sieghardt Rupp

    Corporal Rothe

  • Hans-Jürgen Schatz

    Schulze

  • Günter Meisner

    SS Officer

  • Christoph Waltz

    Paramedic

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