Breakthrough
“Burton...Mitchum...Steiger...Enemies...Yet Allies In Combat With Destiny!”
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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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A grim, unflinching look at the brutal realities of war. It captures the exhaustion and moral ambiguity faced by soldiers caught in the meat grinder of WWII, emphasizing survival over heroism.
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