Film · 1979 · Drama
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.
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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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Breakthrough (1979) is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The 1h 33m drama directed by Andrew V. McLaglen is rated 5.8/10 by 39 viewers.
Breakthrough was released on March 1, 1979.
Breakthrough was directed by Andrew V. McLaglen.
Breakthrough has a runtime of 93 minutes (1h 33m).
Breakthrough is categorized as Drama, History, War.
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