Breakthrough

Breakthrough

111 mins | Drama, War, History | March 1, 1979

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.

Breakthrough

111 mins | Drama, War, History | March 1, 1979

Breakthrough
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.
IMDb rating 5.0
Producers Rapid Film
Original title Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz Teil II
Directors Andrew V. McLaglen
Writers Tony Williamson, Peter Berneis

Cast

Richard Burton

as Sergeant Steiner

Rod Steiger

as General Webster

Helmut Griem

as Major Stransky

Klaus Löwitsch

as Krüger

Michael Parks

as Sergeant Anderson

Werner Pochath

as Keppel

Robert Mitchum

as Colonel Rogers

Véronique Vendell

as Yvette

Horst Janson

as Captain Berger

Joachim Hansen

as Captain Kistner

Dieter Schidor

as Paul Anselm

Bruno Dietrich

as Nissen

Curd Jürgens

as General Hofmann

Sieghardt Rupp

as Corporal Rothe

Hans-Jürgen Schatz

as Schulze

Günter Meisner

as SS Officer

Christoph Waltz

as Paramedic