poster

Breakthrough

Drama | History

5.8

Release Date

March 1, 1979

Duration

93 min

Status

Released

Language

de

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.

Casts

Richard Burton

Sergeant Steiner

Richard Burton

Rod Steiger

General Webster

Rod Steiger

Helmut Griem

Major Stransky

Helmut Griem

Klaus Löwitsch

Krüger

Klaus Löwitsch

Michael Parks

Sergeant Anderson

Michael Parks

Werner Pochath

Keppel

Werner Pochath

Robert Mitchum

Colonel Rogers

Robert Mitchum

Véronique Vendell

Yvette

Véronique Vendell

Horst Janson

Captain Berger

Horst Janson

Joachim Hansen

Captain Kistner

Joachim Hansen

Dieter Schidor

Paul Anselm

Dieter Schidor

Bruno Dietrich

Nissen

Bruno Dietrich

Curd Jürgens

General Hofmann

Curd Jürgens

Sieghardt Rupp

Corporal Rothe

Sieghardt Rupp

Hans-Jürgen Schatz

Schulze

Hans-Jürgen Schatz

Günter Meisner

SS Officer

Günter Meisner

Christoph Waltz

Paramedic

Christoph Waltz

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