🎬 Drama, History, War

Breakthrough

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

⭐ 5.9/10 1979 1h 33m Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen
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About this movie

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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5.9/10 35 votes

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Year
1979
Runtime
1h 33m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 5.9/10
Votes
35
Genre
Drama, History, War
Language
DE

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎭 History 🎭 War 🎬 Andrew V. McLaglen 👤 Richard Burton 👤 Rod Steiger 👤 Robert Mitchum
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Breakthrough has a runtime of 1h 33m (1 hour and 33 minutes).
Breakthrough was directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and released in 1979.
Breakthrough is a Drama, History, War film (1979).
The cast of Breakthrough includes Richard Burton, Rod Steiger, Robert Mitchum, Véronique Vendell, Werner Pochath.
Breakthrough has a TMDB rating of 5.9/10 based on 35 votes.

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