Breakthrough
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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.
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2 films
Cast
17 people
Richard Burton
Sergeant Steiner
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Where Eagles Dare
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Rod Steiger
General Webster
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Duck, You Sucker
Jesus of Nazareth
Robert Mitchum
Colonel Rogers
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The Night of the Hunter
Out of the Past
Véronique Vendell
Yvette
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Barbarella
The Witches
Werner Pochath
Keppel
Known for
Flatfoot in Africa
Rat Man
Klaus Löwitsch
Krüger
Known for
The Marriage of Maria Braun
World on a Wire
Michael Parks
Sergeant Anderson
Known for
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Tusk
Helmut Griem
Major Stransky
Known for
Cabaret
The Damned
Curd Jürgens
General Hofmann
Known for
The Spy Who Loved Me
The Enemy Below
Horst Janson
Captain Berger
Known for
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
The Privilege
Joachim Hansen
Captain Kistner
Known for
World on a Wire
The Old Gun
Dieter Schidor
Paul Anselm
Known for
Querelle
The Formula
Andrew V. McLaglen Director · Peter Berneis Author Tony Williamson Author
First release March 1, 1979 · Produced in Germany · Languages English, French, German, Russian
Production
Rapid Film
Production
Taurus Film
Production
Palladium
Production
Germany
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Original title
Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz Teil II
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Russian
Release dates
Germany · March 1, 1979
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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