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Breakthrough

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

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Duration93 min.
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Release DateMar 1, 1979

Overview

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.

Genres

  • Drama
  • History
  • War

Casts

Richard Burton

Richard Burton

Sergeant Steiner

Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger

General Webster

Helmut Griem

Helmut Griem

Major Stransky

Klaus Löwitsch

Klaus Löwitsch

Krüger

Michael Parks

Michael Parks

Sergeant Anderson

Werner Pochath

Werner Pochath

Keppel

Robert Mitchum

Robert Mitchum

Colonel Rogers

Véronique Vendell

Véronique Vendell

Yvette

Horst Janson

Horst Janson

Captain Berger

Joachim Hansen

Joachim Hansen

Captain Kistner

Dieter Schidor

Dieter Schidor

Paul Anselm

Bruno Dietrich

Bruno Dietrich

Nissen

Curd Jürgens

Curd Jürgens

General Hofmann

Sieghardt Rupp

Sieghardt Rupp

Corporal Rothe

Hans-Jürgen Schatz

Hans-Jürgen Schatz

Schulze

Günter Meisner

Günter Meisner

SS Officer

Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz

Paramedic