Breakthrough

Name: Breakthrough
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1979-03-01
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Rating: 5.735
Cast: Richard Burton, Rod Steiger, Robert Mitchum, Véronique Vendell, Werner Pochath

Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen

Drama

History

War

19791h 33m5.7

Overview

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.