Breakthrough
- Released on
- Runtime
- 93 mins
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.
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
- Rod Steiger
- Helmut Griem
- Klaus Löwitsch
- Michael Parks
- Werner Pochath
- Robert Mitchum
- Véronique Vendell
- Horst Janson
- Joachim Hansen
- Dieter Schidor
- Bruno Dietrich
- Curd Jürgens
- Sieghardt Rupp
- Hans-Jürgen Schatz
- Günter Meisner
- Christoph Waltz
Director
- Andrew V. McLaglen
Producers
- Wolf C. Hartwig
- Hubert Lukowski
