Release Date
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Original Release
March 1, 1979
1h 33m
Breakthrough (1979)
⭐ 5.893 min
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.
Director
Andrew V. McLaglen
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 1.5
Cast
Richard Burton
Sergeant Steiner
⭐1.8
Rod Steiger
General Webster
⭐2.3
Robert Mitchum
Colonel Rogers
⭐2.2
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Véronique Vendell
Yvette
⭐0.9
Werner Pochath
Keppel
⭐0.7
Klaus Löwitsch
Krüger
⭐1.5
Michael Parks
Sergeant Anderson
⭐1.8
Helmut Griem
Major Stransky
⭐0.9
Curd Jürgens
General Hofmann
⭐1.6
Horst Janson
Captain Berger
⭐1.1
Genres
DramaHistoryWar
Production Companies
Rapid Film
Taurus FilmPalladium
