Breakthrough ambient background
CinebyCineby
Breakthrough backdrop

Breakthrough

Breakthrough

★ 5.8/10•1979•1h 33m•16•Drama•History•War

Burton...Mitchum...Steiger...Enemies...Yet Allies In Combat With Destiny!

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.

Andrew V. McLaglen · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 33m
LanguageDE
Release DateMar 1, 1979

Actors

Richard Burton

Richard Burton

Sergeant Steiner

Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger

General Webster

Robert Mitchum

Robert Mitchum

Colonel Rogers

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

Günter Meisner

Günter Meisner

SS Officer

Recommendations

When Trumpets Fade
13 Minutes
Fury
Saving Private Ryan
Cross of Iron
Walking with the Enemy
Rommel
The Man with the Iron Heart
Nuremberg
The Dam Busters
Anthropoid
Chess Story
Inglourious Basterds
The Eagle Has Landed
Hurricane
Downfall
Flags of Our Fathers
Das Boot
The Captain
Outlaws - For Greater Glory

Similars

Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove
The Glass Wall
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Purple Butterfly
U-Boat, Course West!
The Battle of Neretva
Ultraman Regulos: First Mission
Captain Newman, M.D.
Olga
Le Temps des assassins
Two Thousand Women
Syn človeka
A Monkey in Winter
Farewell, Mr. Haffmann
Drumline: A New Beat
Doomsday Gun
Age of Heroes
A Christmas Gift from Bob
Shanghai