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Burton...Mitchum...Steiger...Enemies...Yet Allies In Combat With Destiny!
5.9 / 10 IMDb March 1, 1979 1h 33m
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.
Director
Runtime
1h 33m
Release Date
March 1, 1979
Genre
Drama, History, War
Status
Released
Languages
English, French, German, Russian
Country
Germany
Cast
Richard Burton
as Sergeant Steiner
Rod Steiger
as General Webster
Robert Mitchum
as Colonel Rogers
Véronique Vendell
as Yvette
Werner Pochath
as Keppel
Klaus Löwitsch
as Krüger
Michael Parks
as Sergeant Anderson
Helmut Griem
as Major Stransky
Curd Jürgens
as General Hofmann
Horst Janson
as Captain Berger
Joachim Hansen
as Captain 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
Production Companies
Rapid Film
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