Breakthrough

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Director :

Andrew V. McLaglen

Stars :

Richard BurtonRod SteigerHelmut GriemKlaus LöwitschMichael ParksWerner PochathRobert MitchumVéronique VendellHorst JansonJoachim Hansen

Genre :

DramaHistoryWar

Release :

1979-03-01

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.