Breakthrough

IMDb 5.7 1979 • 93 min • DramaHistoryWar

Director

Andrew V. McLaglen

Country

DE

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

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