Breakthrough

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

Breakthrough — Plot

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.

• Release date
• March 1, 1979
• Runtime
• 93 min
• Genres
• Drama, History, War
• Director
• Andrew V. McLaglen

Breakthrough — Cast

Richard Burton Sergeant Steiner Rod Steiger General Webster Robert Mitchum Colonel Rogers

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Véronique Vendell Yvette Werner Pochath Keppel Klaus Löwitsch Krüger Michael Parks Sergeant Anderson Helmut Griem Major Stransky