Breakthrough

Name: Breakthrough
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1979-03-01

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

Film19791h 33mReleased

DramaHistoryWar

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Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Language: German
Released: 1979-03-01
Runtime: 1h 33m

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The story

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.