Breakthrough

1979·Movie
1h 33min
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53/100
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5.0
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46|6.4
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Burton...Mitchum...Steiger...Enemies...Yet Allies In Combat With Destiny!

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.
World War IIGritty War DramaMilitary OperationsEastern FrontRetreat & SurvivalAnti-War ThemesBleak & RealisticSoldier's PerspectiveHistorical Conflict

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Directed by:
Andrew V. McLaglen
Written by:
Peter Berneis, Tony Williamson
Produced by:
Wolf C. Hartwig, Ludwig Spitaler, Ted Richmond
Composed by:
Peter Thomas

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