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Breakthrough

Breakthrough

Burton...Mitchum...Steiger...Enemies...Yet Allies In Combat With Destiny!
Mar 01, 19791h 33minDE
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Synopsis

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.

TitleBreakthrough
RealesedMar 01, 1979
WriterPeter Berneis
DirectorAndrew V. McLaglen
CountryGermany
CompaniesRapid Film
Richard Burton

Richard Burton

Sergeant Steiner
Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger

General Webster
Helmut Griem

Helmut Griem

Major Stransky
Klaus Löwitsch

Klaus Löwitsch

Krüger
Michael Parks

Michael Parks

Sergeant Anderson
Werner Pochath

Werner Pochath

Keppel
Robert Mitchum

Robert Mitchum

Colonel Rogers
Véronique Vendell

Véronique Vendell

Yvette
Horst Janson

Horst Janson

Captain Berger
Joachim Hansen

Joachim Hansen

Captain Kistner
Dieter Schidor

Dieter Schidor

Paul Anselm
Bruno Dietrich

Bruno Dietrich

Nissen
Curd Jürgens

Curd Jürgens

General Hofmann
Sieghardt Rupp

Sieghardt Rupp

Corporal Rothe
Hans-Jürgen Schatz

Hans-Jürgen Schatz

Schulze
Günter Meisner

Günter Meisner

SS Officer
Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz

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