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Breakthrough

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.

Release: 1979

Rating: 5.703

Genre: Drama, History, War

Duration: 93 min

Country: Germany

Production: Rapid Film

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Cast

Richard Burton

Richard Burton

as Sergeant Steiner

Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger

as General Webster

Robert Mitchum

Robert Mitchum

as Colonel Rogers

Véronique Vendell

Véronique Vendell

as Yvette

Werner Pochath

Werner Pochath

as Keppel

Klaus Löwitsch

Klaus Löwitsch

as Krüger

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