Breakthrough

Synopsis

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.

Cast & Crew

Director

Andrew V. McLaglen

Featured Cast

Richard Burton

Sergeant Steiner

Rod Steiger

General Webster

Helmut Griem

Major Stransky

Klaus Löwitsch

Krüger

Michael Parks

Sergeant Anderson

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