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Breakthrough (1979)

Breakthrough

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16

1h 33m

Drama, Historical, War

February 1st, 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.

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Cast

Richard Burton
Sgt. Rolf Steiner
Rod Steiger
Gen. Webster
Helmut Griem
Maj. von Stransky
Klaus Löwitsch
Uffz. Krüger
Michael Parks
Sgt. Anderson
Werner Pochath
Schütze Keppel
Véronique Vendell
Yvette
Horst Janson
Capt. Berger
Joachim Hansen
Capt. Kistner
Walter Ullrich
Schütze Hauser
Full cast & crew

Directors

Andrew V. McLaglen
Full cast & crew

Producers

Wolf C. Hartwig
producer
Hubert Lukowski
producer
Ted Richmond
executive producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

Peter Berneis
(screenplay) and
Tony Williamson
screenplay
Dagobert Lindlau
screenplay
(uncredited)
Full cast & crew

Taglines

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

Keywords

soldier
military
weapon
All Keywords

Country of Origin

Germany

Languages

German
English
French

Release Dates

September 27th, 1979 (Argentina)
February 1st, 1979 (Austria)
February 7th, 1980 (Colombia)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz, 2. Teil (original title)
Misión suicida (Argentina) (video title)
Las águilas no se rinden (Argentina)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Bahnhof Gerichtsberg, Gerichtsberg, Lower Austria, Austria (Railway station at the beginning of the film)
Gerichtsbergtunnel, Gerichtsberg, Lower Austria, Austria (Railway tunnel at the beginning of the film)
St. Marx slaughterhouse, Vienna, Austria

Running Times

93 min
111 min
111 min (Germany)
All Running Times

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

2.35 : 1

Production Companies

Rapid Film
Palladium Film GmbH Spielfilmproduktion 2 KG

Distribution Companies

Distrifilms (Argentina)
Constantin Film (Austria) (as Neue Constantin Film)
Filmjuwelen (Germany)
All Distribution Companies

Other Companies

Intersong Produktion Peter Thomas (music)
Symphonisches Orchester Berlin (music performed by)
Österreichisches Bundesheer (support)

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