Breakthrough (1979)

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

★ 5.8 1h 33m Drama History War

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.

Part of Cross of Iron Collection