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Breakthrough

1979

93 minutes

DramaHistoryWar

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.

Top Cast

Richard Burton headshot

Richard Burton

Sergeant Steiner

Rod Steiger headshot

Rod Steiger

General Webster

Helmut Griem headshot

Helmut Griem

Major Stransky

Klaus Löwitsch headshot

Klaus Löwitsch

Krüger

Michael Parks headshot

Michael Parks

Sergeant Anderson

Werner Pochath headshot

Werner Pochath

Keppel

Robert Mitchum headshot

Robert Mitchum

Colonel Rogers

Véronique Vendell headshot

Véronique Vendell

Yvette

Horst Janson headshot

Horst Janson

Captain Berger

Joachim Hansen headshot

Joachim Hansen

Captain Kistner

Dieter Schidor headshot

Dieter Schidor

Paul Anselm

Bruno Dietrich headshot

Bruno Dietrich

Nissen

Curd Jürgens headshot

Curd Jürgens

General Hofmann

Sieghardt Rupp headshot

Sieghardt Rupp

Corporal Rothe

Hans-Jürgen Schatz headshot

Hans-Jürgen Schatz

Schulze

Günter Meisner headshot

Günter Meisner

SS Officer

Christoph Waltz headshot

Christoph Waltz

Paramedic