Breakthrough
movie
Burton...Mitchum...Steiger...Enemies...Yet Allies In Combat With Destiny!
Released March 01, 1979
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.
Cast
Richard Burton
as
Sergeant Steiner
Rod Steiger
as
General Webster
Robert Mitchum
as
Colonel Rogers
Véronique Vendell
as
Yvette
Werner Pochath
as
Keppel
Klaus Löwitsch
as
Krüger
Michael Parks
as
Sergeant Anderson
Helmut Griem
as
Major Stransky
Curd Jürgens
as
General Hofmann
Horst Janson
as
Captain Berger
Joachim Hansen
as
Captain Kistner
Dieter Schidor
as
Paul Anselm
Crew
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Hubert Lukowski
as
Producer
Andrew V. McLaglen
as
Director
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Helga Borsche
as
Editor
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Herbert Taschner
as
Editor
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Tony Williamson
as
Author
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Wolf C. Hartwig
as
Producer
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Ludwig Spitaler
as
Executive Producer
Tony Imi
as
Director of Photography
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Peter Berneis
as
Author
Ted Richmond
as
Executive Producer
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Raymond Poulton
as
Editor
Peter Thomas
as
Original Music Composer