Breakthrough (1979)

Drama
History
War

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

Sergeant Steiner
General Webster
Paul Anselm
General Hofmann
Corporal Rothe
Major Stransky
Sergeant Anderson
Colonel Rogers
Captain Berger
Captain Kistner

Crew

Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Director of Photography
Original Music Composer