Breakthrough 1979
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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.
- Released: 1979-03-01
- Runtime: 93 minutes
- Genre: Drama, History, War
- Stars: Richard Burton, Rod Steiger, Helmut Griem, Klaus Löwitsch, Michael Parks
- Director: Hubert Lukowski, Andrew V. McLaglen, Helga Borsche, Herbert Taschner, Tony Williamson
