Breakthrough (1979)

ALL 03/01/1979 (de) Drama, History, War 111 Min
  • Release
    03/01/1979
  • Production
    Rapid Film
  • Rotten tomato
    58%
  • Original title
    Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz Teil II
  • Original language
    de
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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

Overview

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.

  1. Story



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Casts

  1. Richard Burton

    Sergeant Steiner

  2. Rod Steiger

    General Webster

  3. Helmut Griem

    Major Stransky

  4. Klaus Löwitsch

    Krüger

  5. Michael Parks

    Sergeant Anderson

  6. Werner Pochath

    Keppel

  7. Robert Mitchum

    Colonel Rogers

  8. Véronique Vendell

    Yvette

  9. Horst Janson

    Captain Berger

  10. Joachim Hansen

    Captain Kistner

  11. Dieter Schidor

    Paul Anselm

  12. Bruno Dietrich

    Nissen

  13. Curd Jürgens

    General Hofmann

  14. Sieghardt Rupp

    Corporal Rothe

  15. Hans-Jürgen Schatz

    Schulze

  16. Günter Meisner

    SS Officer

  17. Christoph Waltz

    Paramedic

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 17 , Crews : 12

Keyword

Breakthrough (1979) 111 Min

ALL 03/01/1979 (de)
Drama, History, War
  • Release 03/01/1979
  • Production
    Rapid Film
  • Original title Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz Teil II
  • de
  • Revenue0.00

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

Overview

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.

  1. Andrew V. McLaglen

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Raymond Poulton, Herbert Taschner, Helga Borsche

    Editor

  4. Wolf C. Hartwig, Hubert Lukowski

    Producer