Breakthrough

Breakthrough

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

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.

DE

Made in DE

5.9/10

1979

Drama
History
War

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Cast

Richard Burton

Richard Burton

As Sergeant Steiner

Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger

As General Webster

Robert Mitchum

Robert Mitchum

As Colonel Rogers

Véronique Vendell

Véronique Vendell

As Yvette

Werner Pochath

Werner Pochath

As Keppel

Klaus Löwitsch

Klaus Löwitsch

As Krüger

Michael Parks

Michael Parks

As Sergeant Anderson

Helmut Griem

Helmut Griem

As Major Stransky

Curd Jürgens

Curd Jürgens

As General Hofmann

Horst Janson

Horst Janson

As Captain Berger

Joachim Hansen

Joachim Hansen

As Captain Kistner

Dieter Schidor

Dieter Schidor

As Paul Anselm

Bruno Dietrich

Bruno Dietrich

As Nissen

Sieghardt Rupp

Sieghardt Rupp

As Corporal Rothe

Hans-Jürgen Schatz

Hans-Jürgen Schatz

As Schulze

Günter Meisner

Günter Meisner

As SS Officer

Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz

As Paramedic

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