Breakthrough
28 reviews
Drama/History
1h 33m
1979
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...
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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.
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglen
- Release1 March 1979
- Genre
- Duration1h 33m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate28 reviews
- Productions
Rapid Film
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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