Movie

Breakthrough

★ 5.8/10 · 37 votes 1979 1h 33m Released

DramaHistoryWar

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.

Cast

Richard Burton Sergeant Steiner Rod Steiger General Webster Robert Mitchum Colonel Rogers V Véronique Vendell Yvette Werner Pochath Keppel Klaus Löwitsch Krüger