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

    • Robert Mitchum

      Colonel Rogers

    • Véronique Vendell

      Yvette

    • Werner Pochath

      Keppel

    • Klaus Löwitsch

      Krüger

    • Michael Parks

      Sergeant Anderson

    • Helmut Griem

      Major Stransky

    • Curd Jürgens

      General Hofmann

    • Horst Janson

      Captain Berger

    • Joachim Hansen

      Captain Kistner

    • Dieter Schidor

      Paul Anselm

    • Bruno Dietrich

      Nissen

    • Sieghardt Rupp

      Corporal Rothe

    • Hans-Jürgen Schatz

      Schulze

    • Günter Meisner

      SS Officer

    • Christoph Waltz

      Paramedic

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