Breakthrough (1979) — drama, history, war film. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. Starring Richard Burton, Rod Steiger, Robert Mitchum, Véronique Vendell. This page maps 3 characters and 3 relationships between them as an interactive character network.
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A wartime drama tracing a German sergeant's moral defection and tactical intervention to prevent civilian massacre.
Drama, History, War · 5.8/10 · 93 min · 1979
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.
Breakthrough is title 2 of 2 in the Cross of Iron Collection release order. Previous: Cross of Iron (1977).
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