MOVIE · 1979
Breakthrough
Burton...Mitchum...Steiger...Enemies...Yet Allies In Combat With Destiny!
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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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
Featured cast
Richard BurtonSergeant Steiner
Rod SteigerGeneral Webster
Robert MitchumColonel Rogers
Werner PochathKeppel
Klaus LöwitschKrüger
Michael ParksSergeant Anderson
Helmut GriemMajor StranskyMORE TO EXPLORE
