Breakthrough

Breakthrough (1979)

Released: 1979-03-01 Duration: 1hr 33min
Genres: Drama History War
Rating 5.8
Burton...Mitchum...Steiger...Enemies...Yet Allies In Combat With Destiny!

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.

Production Companies

Rapid Film

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language de
Popularity 4.653

Directed By

Andrew V. McLaglen

Crew

Producer
Wolf C. Hartwig
Producer
Hubert Lukowski
Executive Producer
Ted Richmond
Executive Producer
Ludwig Spitaler
Director of Photography
Tony Imi
Original Music Composer
Peter Thomas

TOP CAST

Richard Burton
Richard Burton

Sergeant Steiner

Rod Steiger
Rod Steiger

General Webster

Helmut Griem
Helmut Griem

Major Stransky

Michael Parks
Michael Parks

Sergeant Anderson

Robert Mitchum
Robert Mitchum

Colonel Rogers

Horst Janson
Horst Janson

Captain Berger

Joachim Hansen
Joachim Hansen

Captain Kistner

Dieter Schidor
Dieter Schidor

Paul Anselm

Curd Jürgens
Curd Jürgens

General Hofmann

Sieghardt Rupp
Sieghardt Rupp

Corporal Rothe

Günter Meisner
Günter Meisner

SS Officer

Christoph Waltz
Christoph Waltz

Paramedic

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