Breakthrough

Name: Breakthrough
Cast: Richard Burton, Rod Steiger, Robert Mitchum, Véronique Vendell, Werner Pochath

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Andrew V. McLaglenProducers: Hubert Lukowski, Ludwig Spitaler, Ted Richmond, Wolf C. Hartwig

Richard Burton

as Sergeant Steiner

Rod Steiger

as General Webster

Robert Mitchum

as Colonel Rogers

Véronique Vendell

as Yvette

Werner Pochath

as Keppel

Klaus Löwitsch

as Krüger

Michael Parks

as Sergeant Anderson

Helmut Griem

as Major Stransky

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