Breakthrough (1979)

Breakthrough (1979)

Burton...Mitchum...Steiger...Enemies...Yet Allies In Combat With Destiny! 1979-03-01 Germany 93 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Richard Burton is Sergeant Steiner
Sergeant Steiner
Rod Steiger is General Webster
General Webster
Helmut Griem is Major Stransky
Major Stransky
Klaus Löwitsch is Krüger
Krüger
Michael Parks is Sergeant Anderson
Sergeant Anderson
Werner Pochath is Keppel
Keppel
Robert Mitchum is Colonel Rogers
Colonel Rogers
Véronique Vendell is Yvette
Yvette
Horst Janson is Captain Berger
Captain Berger
Joachim Hansen is Captain Kistner
Captain Kistner
Dieter Schidor is Paul Anselm
Paul Anselm
Bruno Dietrich is Nissen
Nissen

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