Breakthrough

Name: Breakthrough
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1979-03-01
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Rating: 5.8

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.

Released: Mar 01, 1979 Genre: Drama History WarCasts: Richard Burton Rod Steiger Robert Mitchum Véronique Vendell Werner Pochath Klaus Löwitsch Michael Parks Helmut GriemDirectors: Andrew V. McLaglenDuration: 1h 33m Rating: 5.8 Country: Germany Production: Rapid Film, Taurus Film, Palladium

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