Breakthrough

Year: 1979

Runtime: 93 mins

Language: German

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

HistoryDramaWarWar and historical adventureBravery in War

Set in late May 1944 as the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut Griem) orders Sergeant Steiner (Richard Burton) to blow up a railway tunnel to stop the Soviet advance. Steiner’s platoon is halted by a Russian tank and the mission fails. He then takes leave to Paris as the Allied invasion of Normandy begins, confronting shifting loyalties and harsh war realities.

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