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