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Breakthrough 1979 Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz Teil II

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.

Country Germany
Production Country Germany
Language German
Spoken Languages English , French , German , Russian
Gneres Drama , History , War
Production Company Rapid Film
Release Date 1 March 1979
93 mins
Cast
Richard Burton
Richard Burton Sergeant Steiner
Rod Steiger
Rod Steiger General Webster
Robert Mitchum
Robert Mitchum Colonel Rogers
Véronique Vendell
Véronique Vendell Yvette
Werner Pochath
Werner Pochath Keppel
Klaus Löwitsch
Klaus Löwitsch Krüger
Michael Parks
Michael Parks Sergeant Anderson
Helmut Griem
Helmut Griem Major Stransky
Curd Jürgens
Curd Jürgens General Hofmann
Horst Janson
Horst Janson Captain Berger
Joachim Hansen
Joachim Hansen Captain Kistner
Dieter Schidor
Dieter Schidor Paul Anselm
Bruno Dietrich
Bruno Dietrich Nissen
Sieghardt Rupp
Sieghardt Rupp Corporal Rothe
Hans-Jürgen Schatz
Hans-Jürgen Schatz Schulze
Günter Meisner
Günter Meisner SS Officer
Christoph Waltz
Christoph Waltz Paramedic
Crew
Director
Andrew V. McLaglen
Andrew V. McLaglen
Producers
Wolf C. Hartwig
Wolf C. Hartwig
Hubert Lukowski
Hubert Lukowski
Executive Producers
Ted Richmond
Ted Richmond
Ludwig Spitaler
Ludwig Spitaler
Cinematography
Tony Imi
Tony Imi
Composer
Peter Thomas
Peter Thomas
Editors
Helga Borsche
Helga Borsche
Raymond Poulton
Raymond Poulton
Herbert Taschner
Herbert Taschner
Original Writers
Peter Berneis
Peter Berneis
Tony Williamson
Tony Williamson
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