Breakthrough (1979)
Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz, 2. Teil
Burton...Mitchum...Steiger...Enemies...Yet Allies In Combat With Destiny!
115 min
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.
- Release date
- March 1, 1979
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom, Germany
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Cast
- Richard Burton as Sgt. Rolf Steiner
- Rod Steiger as Gen. Webster
- Robert Mitchum as Colonel Rogers
- Véronique Vendell as Yvette
- Werner Pochath as Schütze Keppel
- Klaus Löwitsch as Uffz. Krüger
- Michael Parks as Sgt. Anderson
- Helmut Griem as Maj. von Stransky
- Curd Jürgens as General Hofmann
- Horst Janson as Capt. Berger
- Joachim Hansen as Capt. Kistner
- Dieter Schidor as Paul Anselm
- Bruno Dietrich as Nissen
- Sieghardt Rupp as Corporal Rothe
- Hans-Jürgen Schatz as Schulze
- Günter Meisner as SS Officer
- Christoph Waltz as Paramedic
- Walter Ullrich as Schütze Hauser
Crew
- Andrew V. McLaglen · Director
- Peter Berneis · Writer
- Tony Williamson · Writer
- Wolf C. Hartwig · Producer
- Hubert Lukowski · Producer
- Peter Thomas · Composer
- Tony Imi · Cinematographer
- Raymond Poulton · Editor
- Gerhard Janda · Production designer