Movielogr
Breakthrough (1979)
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
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.
Rated PG | Length 93 minutes
Actors
Richard Burton | Rod Steiger | Robert Mitchum | Véronique Vendell | Werner Pochath | Klaus Löwitsch | Michael Parks | Helmut Griem | Curd Jürgens | Horst Janson | Joachim Hansen | Dieter Schidor | Bruno Dietrich | Sieghardt Rupp | Hans-Jürgen Schatz | Günter Meisner | Christoph Waltz