Breakthrough (1979)

Name: Breakthrough
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1979-03-01
Duration: 93 min
Cast: Richard Burton, Rod Steiger, Robert Mitchum, Véronique Vendell, Werner Pochath

Burton...Mitchum...Steiger...Enemies...Yet Allies In Combat With Destiny!

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.

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Released 1979-03-01 · 93 min · Drama, History, War

Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen

Part of Cross of Iron Collection

Cast

Richard Burton as Sergeant Steiner
Rod Steiger as General Webster
Robert Mitchum as Colonel Rogers
Véronique Vendell as Yvette
Werner Pochath as Keppel
Klaus Löwitsch as Krüger
Michael Parks as Sergeant Anderson
Helmut Griem as Major Stransky
Curd Jürgens as General Hofmann
Horst Janson as Captain Berger
Joachim Hansen as Captain Kistner
Dieter Schidor as Paul Anselm
Bruno Dietrich as Nissen
Sieghardt Rupp as Corporal Rothe
Hans-Jürgen Schatz as Schulze