Release Date | 1979-03-01 |
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Runtime | 111 minutes |
Genres | Drama, History, War |
Stars | Richard Burton, Rod Steiger, Helmut Griem, Klaus Löwitsch, Michael Parks |
Directors | Raymond Poulton, Peter Thomas, Herbert Taschner, Ted Richmond, Helga Borsche |
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.