Breakthrough
Burton...Mitchum...Steiger...Enemies...Yet Allies In Combat With Destiny!
Starring: Richard Burton, Rod Steiger, Robert Mitchum, Véronique Vendell, Werner Pochath
Writer: Peter Berneis, Tony Williamson
Release Date:
March 1, 1979
March 1, 1979
Ratings:
5.7 / 10
5.7 / 10
Director:
Andrew V. McLaglen
Andrew V. McLaglen
Companies:
Rapid Film
Rapid Film
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.
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