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Breakthrough

03/01/1979

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1hr 33min

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Drama

,History

,War

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

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Richard Burton
  • Rod Steiger
  • Helmut Griem
  • Klaus Löwitsch
  • Michael Parks

    Director

  • Andrew V. McLaglen

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Rapid Film

    Production Countries

  • Germany

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Russian

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

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