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Breakthrough

Breakthrough

Drama, History, War

1h 33m

March 1, 1979 (46 years ago)

Overview

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.

ActorAge thenAge now
Richard Burton

Richard Burton

Sergeant Steiner

Birthday: November 10, 1925

53 August 5, 1984 (58)
Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger

General Webster

Birthday: April 14, 1925

53 July 9, 2002 (77)
Robert Mitchum

Robert Mitchum

Colonel Rogers

Birthday: August 6, 1917

61 July 1, 1997 (79)
Véronique Vendell

Véronique Vendell

Yvette

Birthday: July 21, 1942

3683
Werner Pochath

Werner Pochath

Keppel

Birthday: September 29, 1939

39 April 18, 1993 (53)
Klaus Löwitsch

Klaus Löwitsch

Krüger

Birthday: April 8, 1936

42 December 3, 2002 (66)
Michael Parks

Michael Parks

Sergeant Anderson

Birthday: April 24, 1940

38 May 9, 2017 (77)
Helmut Griem

Helmut Griem

Major Stransky

Birthday: April 6, 1932

46 November 19, 2004 (72)
Curd Jürgens

Curd Jürgens

General Hofmann

Birthday: December 13, 1915

63 June 18, 1982 (66)
Horst Janson

Horst Janson

Captain Berger

Birthday: October 4, 1935

43 January 28, 2025 (89)