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58% Critic Match
Breakthrough
“Burton...Mitchum...Steiger...Enemies...Yet Allies In Combat With Destiny!”
5.8 / 10• 1979• 1h 33m•NR• German
DramaHistoryWar
Storyline
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 & Crew
Richard Burton
Sergeant Steiner
Lead
Rod Steiger
General Webster
Robert Mitchum
Colonel Rogers
Véronique Vendell
Yvette
Werner Pochath
Keppel
Klaus Löwitsch
Krüger
Michael Parks
Sergeant Anderson
Helmut Griem
Major Stransky
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Andrew V. McLaglen's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Breakthrough is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
