Breakthrough

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.

Top Cast

Richard Burton

Richard Burton

Sergeant Steiner

Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger

General Webster

Robert Mitchum

Robert Mitchum

Colonel Rogers

Véronique Vendell

Véronique Vendell

Yvette

Werner Pochath

Werner Pochath

Keppel

Klaus Löwitsch

Klaus Löwitsch

Krüger

Michael Parks

Michael Parks

Sergeant Anderson

Helmut Griem

Helmut Griem

Major Stransky

Curd Jürgens

Curd Jürgens

General Hofmann

Horst Janson

Horst Janson

Captain Berger

Joachim Hansen

Joachim Hansen

Captain Kistner

Dieter Schidor

Dieter Schidor

Paul Anselm

Bruno Dietrich

Bruno Dietrich

Nissen

Sieghardt Rupp

Sieghardt Rupp

Corporal Rothe

Hans-Jürgen Schatz

Hans-Jürgen Schatz

Schulze

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Günter Meisner

SS Officer

Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz

Paramedic

Director

Andrew V. McLaglen

Status

Released

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