Movie
Breakthrough (1979)
Burton...Mitchum...Steiger...Enemies...Yet Allies In Combat With Destiny!
Drama · History · War
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.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen Starring: Richard Burton, Rod Steiger, Robert Mitchum, Véronique Vendell
Breakthrough Cast
- Richard Burton as Sergeant Steiner
- Rod Steiger as General Webster
- Robert Mitchum as Colonel Rogers
- Véronique Vendell as Yvette
- Werner Pochath as Keppel
- Klaus Löwitsch as Krüger
- Michael Parks as Sergeant Anderson
- Helmut Griem as Major Stransky
- Curd Jürgens as General Hofmann
- Horst Janson as Captain Berger
- Joachim Hansen as Captain Kistner
- Dieter Schidor as Paul Anselm
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