Breakthrough (1979)
1h 33m
Running Time
March 1, 1979Release Date
Plot.
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 & Crew.
![Richard Burton](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4204-richard-burton.webp)
Richard Burton
Sgt. Rolf Steiner
![Rod Steiger](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3030-rod-steiger.webp)
Rod Steiger
Gen. Webster
![Helmut Griem](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/43462-helmut-griem.webp)
Helmut Griem
Maj. von Stransky
![Klaus Löwitsch](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/48898-klaus-lowitsch.webp)
Klaus Löwitsch
Uffz. Krüger
![Michael Parks](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/11293-michael-parks.webp)
Michael Parks
Sgt. Anderson
![Werner Pochath](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21185-werner-pochath.webp)
Werner Pochath
Schütze Keppel
![Robert Mitchum](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22594-robert-mitchum.webp)
Robert Mitchum
Colonel Rogers
![Véronique Vendell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/47713-veronique-vendell.webp)
Véronique Vendell
Yvette
![Horst Janson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25163-horst-janson.webp)
Horst Janson
Capt. Berger
![Joachim Hansen](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/46076-joachim-hansen.webp)
Joachim Hansen
Capt. Kistner
![Walter Ullrich](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Walter Ullrich
Schütze Hauser
![Dieter Schidor](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/278621-dieter-schidor.webp)
Dieter Schidor
Paul Anselm
![Andrew V. McLaglen](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3387-andrew-v-mclaglen.webp)
Andrew V. McLaglen
Director
![Bruno Dietrich](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/258092-bruno-dietrich.webp)
Bruno Dietrich
Nissen
![Curd Jürgens](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6328-curd-jurgens.webp)
Curd Jürgens
General Hofmann
![Peter Berneis](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Peter Berneis
Writer
Media.
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Details.
Release DateMarch 1, 1979
Original NameSteiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz Teil II
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 33m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
assassination
world war ii
nazi
normandy
troops
sequel
hitler
Wiki.
Breakthrough, also released as Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz, 2 and Sergeant Steiner is a 1979 war film set on the Western Front, specifically the Normandy coastline. The picture is a sequel to Sam Peckinpah's Cross of Iron, and includes several characters from that film.
The film stars several big names including Richard Burton, Robert Mitchum and Rod Steiger. Burton (Sergeant Steiner) and Helmut Griem (Major Stransky) assume the roles played by James Coburn and Maximilian Schell respectively in the original film. The supporting cast features Michael Parks and Curd Jürgens. This also marks the film debut of Christoph Waltz, playing an uncredited role. Klaus Löwitsch is the only actor from Cross of Iron to reprise his role.
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