BreakthroughMovie
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.
About Breakthrough
Breakthrough is a 1979 drama, history, war movie directed by Andrew V. McLaglen.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 33m, production credits from Germany, an original language code of DE.
The credited cast includes Richard Burton, Rod Steiger, Robert Mitchum, Véronique Vendell. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
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