Film
Breakthrough
1979 · 1h 33m · Drama · History · War
Burton...Mitchum...Steiger...Enemies...Yet Allies In Combat With Destiny!
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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.
Where to watch
Cultpix
Cast
Richard Burton
Sergeant Steiner
Rod Steiger
General Webster
Robert Mitchum
Colonel Rogers
Véronique Vendell
Yvette
Werner Pochath
Keppel
Klaus Löwitsch
Krüger
Michael Parks
Sergeant Anderson
Helmut Griem
Major Stransky
Curd Jürgens
General Hofmann
Horst Janson
Captain Berger
Joachim Hansen
Captain Kistner
Dieter Schidor
Paul Anselm
Bruno Dietrich
Nissen
Sieghardt Rupp
Corporal Rothe
Hans-Jürgen Schatz
Schulze
Günter Meisner
SS Officer
Crew
- Andrew V. McLaglenDirector
- Wolf C. HartwigProducer
- Hubert LukowskiProducer
- Ted RichmondExecutive Producer
- Ludwig SpitalerExecutive Producer
- Tony ImiDirector of Photography
- Peter ThomasOriginal Music Composer
- Helga BorscheEditor
- Raymond PoultonEditor
- Herbert TaschnerEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- March 1, 1979
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- German
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rated
- 16
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
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