Breakthrough
Breakthrough
Breakthrough (1979) is a Drama and History film from Germany in the GoMovies catalog, running 1h 33m. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, it features Richard Burton and Rod Steiger. Viewers rate it 5.8/10 from 39 votes. 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.
- Genre: Drama, History, War
- Country: Germany
- Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
- Cast: Richard Burton, Rod Steiger, Robert Mitchum, Véronique Vendell, Werner Pochath, Klaus Löwitsch, Michael Parks, Helmut Griem, Curd Jürgens, Horst Janson, Joachim Hansen, Dieter Schidor


















