Schindler's List
1993 · Drama · History
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Film / 1979
Breakthrough
Directed by
Andrew V. McLaglen
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Richard BurtonSergeant Steiner
Rod SteigerGeneral Webster
Robert MitchumColonel Rogers
Véronique VendellYvette
Werner PochathKeppel
Klaus LöwitschKrüger
Michael ParksSergeant Anderson
Helmut GriemMajor Stransky
Curd JürgensGeneral Hofmann
Horst JansonCaptain Berger
Joachim HansenCaptain Kistner
Dieter SchidorPaul Anselm
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