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Breakthrough

Name: Breakthrough
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1979-03-01
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 5.703
Cast: Richard Burton, Rod Steiger, Robert Mitchum, Véronique Vendell, Werner Pochath

Release Date: March 1, 1979

Genre: Drama, History, War

Duration: 1h 33m

Rating: ⭐ 5.7/10

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

Cast: Richard Burton, Rod Steiger, Robert Mitchum, Véronique Vendell, Werner Pochath

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.