Breakthrough
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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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Cast

  • Richard Burton
    Richard Burton
    Sergeant Steiner
  • Rod Steiger
    Rod Steiger
    General Webster
  • Robert Mitchum
    Robert Mitchum
    Colonel Rogers
  • Véronique Vendell
    Véronique Vendell
    Yvette
  • Werner Pochath
    Werner Pochath
    Keppel
  • Klaus Löwitsch
    Klaus Löwitsch
    Krüger
  • Michael Parks
    Michael Parks
    Sergeant Anderson
  • Helmut Griem
    Helmut Griem
    Major Stransky
  • Curd Jürgens
    Curd Jürgens
    General Hofmann
  • Horst Janson
    Horst Janson
    Captain Berger
  • Joachim Hansen
    Joachim Hansen
    Captain Kistner
  • Dieter Schidor
    Dieter Schidor
    Paul Anselm
  • Bruno Dietrich
    Bruno Dietrich
    Nissen
  • Sieghardt Rupp
    Sieghardt Rupp
    Corporal Rothe
  • Hans-Jürgen Schatz
    Hans-Jürgen Schatz
    Schulze
  • Günter Meisner
    Günter Meisner
    SS Officer
  • Christoph Waltz
    Christoph Waltz
    Paramedic

Crew

  • Hubert Lukowski
    Producer
  • Andrew V. McLaglen
    Andrew V. McLaglen
    Director
  • Helga Borsche
    Editor
  • Herbert Taschner
    Editor
  • Tony Williamson
    Author
  • Wolf C. Hartwig
    Producer
  • Ludwig Spitaler
    Executive Producer
  • Tony Imi
    Tony Imi
    Director of Photography
  • Peter Berneis
    Author
  • Ted Richmond
    Ted Richmond
    Executive Producer
  • Raymond Poulton
    Editor
  • Peter Thomas
    Peter Thomas
    Original Music Composer

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