Breakthrough
Breakthrough
"Burton...Mitchum...Steiger...Enemies...Yet Allies In Combat With Destiny!"
1979
1:33:10
Rate
5.8/10 (28)
Genre
Drama
History
War
Plot
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.
Director
Andrew V. McLaglen
Writers