Breakthrough
IMDB:
5.7
Released
3/1/1979
Duration
1h 33m
Genre
Drama, History, War
Country
Germany
Cast
Richard Burton, Rod Steiger, Robert Mitchum
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.
Breakthrough
IMDB:
5.7Released
3/1/1979
Genre
Drama, History, War
Cast
Richard Burton, Rod Steiger, Robert Mitchum
Duration
1h 33m
Country
Germany
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
Sergeant Steiner
Richard Burton
General Webster
Rod Steiger
Colonel Rogers
Robert Mitchum
Yvette
Véronique Vendell
Keppel
Werner Pochath
Krüger
Klaus Löwitsch
Sergeant Anderson
Michael Parks
Major Stransky
Helmut Griem
General Hofmann
Curd Jürgens
Captain Berger
Horst Janson
Captain Kistner
Joachim Hansen
Paul Anselm
